Is Childhood Obesity Associated with Bone Density and Strength in Adulthood?

Table 5

Multiple linear regressions showing the simultaneous effects of height, lean, and fat mass and age of weight gain on bone traits in the appendicular weight-bearing skeleton.

Appendicular weight-bearing skeleton	$\beta$	SE	$P$
Distal tibia TrD, mg/cm^3
Height, cm	0.52	0.73	0.47
Fat mass, g	0.76	0.46	0.1
Lean mass, g	$-0.89$	0.86	0.3
Age of weight gain, (ObC = 0; ObA = 1)	$-12.76$	9.39	0.18
Distal tibia SSI, mm^3
Height, cm	6.04	7.75	0.44
Fat mass, g	0.56	4.93	0.91
Lean mass, g	14.49	9.11	0.12
Age of weight gain, (ObC = 0; ObA = 1)	$-52.17$	99.95	0.6
Distal tibia ToA mm^2,
Height, cm	5.24	2.12	0.016
Fat mass, g	$-1.64$	1.35	0.23
Lean mass, g	9.26	2.49	$<.001$
Age of weight gain, (ObC = 0; ObA = 1)	$-4.43$	27.31	0.87
Tibial shaft CoD, mg/cm^3
Height, cm	0.026	0.549	0.96
Fat mass, g	0.11	0.35	0.76
Lean mass, g	$-0.87$	0.65	0.19
Age of weight gain, (ObC = 0; ObA = 1)	$-3.38$	7.08	0.64
Tibial shaft SSI, mm^3
Height, cm	10.47	7.23	0.15
Fat mass, g	2.77	4.6	0.55
Lean mass, g	16.4	8.5	0.059
Time of weight gain, (ObC = 0; ObA = 1)	$-102.09$	93.25	0.28
Tibial shaft ToA, mm^2
Height, cm	1.75	1.09	0.11
Fat mass, g	0.06	0.69	0.93
Lean mass, g	3.93	1.28	0.003
Age of weight gain, (ObC=0; ObA=1)	$-11.33$	14.02	0.42