16 August 2020 : Clinical Research
The Evaluation of Bone Mineral Density based on Age and Anthropometric Parameters in Southeast Chinese Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study
Rongrong Xuan1ABCE, Yang Song2BCEF, Julien S. Baker3BCEF, Yaodong Gu2ACFG*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) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||