Gender-Specific Body Composition Relationships between Adipose Tissue Distribution and Peak Bone Mineral Density in Young Chinese Adults

Table 2

Pearson’s correlation between BMD at different skeletal sites with other parameters in the male and female groups.

	WB BMD	LS BMD	FN BMD	TH BMD
Males ()
Weight	0.610	0.358	0.394	0.495
BMI	0.547	0.294	0.314	0.443
WBLM	0.567	0.355	0.423	0.500
WBFM	0.489	0.258	0.266	0.363
Fat%	0.407	0.203	0.182	0.280
A/G FMR	0.318	0.096	0.089	0.226
Trunk/legs FMR	0.401	0.216	0.164	0.321
Age	0.101	-0.109	-0.127	0.017
Height	0.306	0.245	0.274	0.232
Females ()
Weight	0.424	0.339	0.315	0.319
BMI	0.369	0.305	0.264	0.295
WBLM	0.450	0.286	0.322	0.338
WBFM	0.276	0.269	0.212	0.206
Fat%	0.092	0.162	0.088	0.074
A/G FMR	-0.049	0.004	-0.024	-0.028
Trunk/legs FMR	0.088	0.152	0.061	0.102
Age	0.190	0.092	0.070	0.096
Height	0.271	0.198	0.237	0.166

Note: results expressed as coefficients. WBLM: whole-body lean mass; WBFM: whole-body fat mass; Fat%: percentage of body fat mass; A/G FMR: android to gynoid fat mass ratio; WB BMD: whole-body bone mineral density; LS BMD: lumbar spine bone mineral density; FN BMD: femoral neck bone mineral density; TH BMD: total hip bone mineral density. The digits in bold denote a value > 0.05. , , and .