Whole Body Bone Tissue and Cardiovascular Risk in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Table 3

Whole body bone tissue according to age and menopause (𝑛=141).

	Age		MPD		Before menopause	After menopause	𝑃
	𝑟	𝑃	𝑟	𝑃	(𝑛=31)	(𝑛=110)
wbBTD (g/cm^2)	−0.349	<0.001	−0.374	<0.001	0.828 (0.065)	0.765 (0.095)	<0.001
wbBTM (kg)	−0.204	0.016	−0.320	0.001	1.59 (0.26)	1.49 (0.26)	ns
𝑇wb (sd)	−0.351	<0.001	−0.368	<0.001	−0.78 (0.72)	−1.45 (1.05)	<0.001
BTP (%)	−0.526	<0.001	−0.226	0.017	3.1 (0.4)	2.6 (0.3)	<0.001

Pearson correlations controlling for RA.
𝑇_lumbar, BTD_lumbar, and 𝑍_wb had no significant correlations/differences.
MPD: menopause duration; sd: standard deviations; ns: not significant; wb: whole body.