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Table 2 Correlations between circulating sclerostin levels and the parameters of interest

From: Association of serum sclerostin levels with marrow adiposity in postmenopausal women with glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis

Variables

Sclerostin (pmol/L)

Marrow fat fraction (%)

r

p-values

r

p-values

Lumbar spine BMD (g/cm2)

0.589

 < 0.001

– 0.647

 < 0.001

Femoral neck BMD (g/cm2)

0.476

 < 0.001

– 0.511

 < 0.001

Total hip BMD (g/cm2)

0.503

 < 0.001

– 0.544

 < 0.001

eGFR (mL/min)

– 0.284

0.015

– 0.305

0.009

Age (years)

0.097

0.400

0.109

0.313

PINP (ng/ml)

0.024

0.602

– 0.072

0.574

Osteocalcin (ng/ml)

0.081

0.417

0.035

0.832

CTX (ng/ml)

– 0.109

0.703

0.046

0.740

  1. BMD bone mineral density, CTX c-terminal telopeptide, eGFR estimated glomerular filtration rate, PINP intact N-terminal propeptide of type I collagen
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