Serum Sclerostin and Its Association with Bone Turnover Marker in Metabolic Bone Diseases

Table 6

Correlation analysis of serum sclerostin and β-CTX in all individuals.

	OI ()		XLH ()		PDB ()
	r	p	r	P	r	p
Age (year)	0.153	0.069	0.123	0.217	0.502	0.002
Sex (male/female)	0.003	0.973	-0.192	0.053	-0.176	0.320
BMI (kg/m^2)	-0.067	0.457	0.083	0.447	0.518	0.004
β-CTX (ng/L)	0.541	< 0.001	0.661	< 0.001	0.213	0.243

BMI: body mass index; β-CTX: β-CrossLaps of type 1 collagen containing cross-linked C-telopeptide; OI: osteogenesis imperfecta; XLH: X-linked hypophosphatemia; PDB: Paget’s disease of bone.