The Evaluation of Bone Mineral Density based on Age and Anthropometric Parameters in Southeast Chinese Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study

16 August 2020: Clinical Research

Rongrong Xuan ^1ABCE , Yang Song ^2BCEF , Julien S. Baker ^3BCEF , Yaodong Gu ^2ACFG*

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.923603

Med Sci Monit 2020; 26:e923603

Table 2 Correlations between age, anthropometric parameters and BMD in female and male participants.

Variable	Female (n=424)		Male (n=265)
Variable	r	p-value	r	p-value
Age (yr)	−0.24	^*	0.24	^*
Height (m)	0.01	0.92	0.03	0.61
Weight (kg)	0.07	0.17	0.10	0.1
BMI (kg/m)	0.08	0.13	0.08	0.19
BMI – body mass index, BMD – bone mineral density; ^* indicates statistical significance (p