Is Lipid Profile Associated with Bone Mineral Density and Bone Formation in Subjects with Spinal Cord Injury?
Table 2
The relationship between serum lipids and bone mineral density in male subjects with spinal cord injury.
Category
Male subjects with spinal cord injury (: 85)
TG
TC
HDL
LDL
Femoral neck BMD
-score
0.17
0.84
0.004** ()
0.42
-score
0.18
0.81
0.004** ()
0.45
Femoral intertrochanteric zone BMD
-score
0.28
0.49
0.08
0.90
-score
0.29
0.45
0.07
0.86
Femoral trochanter BMD
-score
0.88
0.73
0.97
0.95
-score
0.87
0.71
0.90
0.94
Total hip BMD
-score
0.36
0.42
0.09
0.85
-score
0.40
0.41
0.09
0.85
Spinal lumbar vertebras’ BMD
-score
0.56
0.52
0.78
0.27
-score
0.73
0.74
0.31
0.95
Osteocalcin
0.99
0.22
0.017* ()
0.91
Cross-linked type I collagen
0.56
0.79
0.64
0.97
Bone alkaline phosphatase
0.76
0.65
0.92
0.40
BMD: bone mineral density, HDL: high density lipoprotein, LDL: low density lipoprotein, TC: total cholesterol, and TG: total triglyceride.
*Significance at level of .
**Significance at level of .
