Bone Strength and Arterial Stiffness Impact on Cardiovascular Mortality in a General Population

Table 2

Bivariate Pearson’s correlation analysis of demographic characteristic with BMD and PWV.

	BMD FN, g/cm^2		BMD spine, g/cm^2		PWV, m/s
	Age, years	−0.321	<0.0001	−0.212	<0.0001	0.850	<0.0001
BMI, kg/m^2	0.262	<0.0001	0.038	0.375	0.065	0.124
Hypertension	−0.253	<0.0001	−0.165	<0.0001	0.306	<0.0001
Diabetes	−0.165	<0.0001	−0.267	<0.0001	0.076	0.074
Smokers	−0.053	0.213	−0.119	0.0048	0.188	<0.0001
BMD FN, g/cm^2	/	/	0.487	<0.0001	−0.327	<0.0001
BMD spine, g/cm^2	0.487	<0.0001	/	/	−0.150	0.0004
PWV, m/s	−0.327	<0.0001	−0.150	0.0004	/	/

The results of the bivariate Pearson’s correlation analysis of demographic characteristic with BMD and PWV are presented as () indexes and () values. BMD: bone mineral density; BMI: body mass index; FN: femoral neck; PWV: pulse wave velocity.