Research Article

Relationship between Body Mass Index and T-Scores of Bone Mineral Density in the Hip and Spine Regions among Older Adults with Diabetes: A Retrospective Review

Table 2

Relationship between BMI and BMD T-scores in the hip and spine regions.

T-score regionsR values values

Right femoral neck+0.214≤0.002
Total right hip region+0.912≤0.001
Left femoral neck+0.939≤0.001
Left total hip+0.885≤0.001
Lumbar 1 vertebra+0.590≤0.001
Lumbar 2 vertebra+0.587≤0.001
Total lumbar region+0.607≤0.001

R: Pearson’s correlation coefficients; : partial correlation coefficients.