Body Composition in Adult Patients with Thalassemia Major

Table 6

Correlation between abdominal lean mass and calcium hormones.

Group	Gender	Calcitonin	Osteocalcin	PTH	IGF-1	Vitamin D
Patients	Male	0.13 ( = 0.48)	0.30 ( = 0.12)	0.14 ( = 0.48)	0.12 ( = 0.53)	−0.14 ( = 0.48)
	Female	0.04 ( = 0.81)	0.01 ( = 0.94)	−0.30 ( = 0.15)	0.91 ( = 0.29)	0.83 ( = 0.25)
Controls	Male	−0.66 ( = 0.22)	0.34 ( = 0.57)	−0.30 ( = 0.62)	0.91 ( = 0.02)^†	0.83 ( = 0.07)
	Female	−0.42 ( = 0.22)	−0.13 ( = 0.71)	0.39 ( = 0.26)	−0.03 ( = 0.91)	0.27 ( = 0.43)

^†Statistically significant, .