The association between lean mass and bone mineral content in the high disease activity group of adult patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis

Table 4 Pearson correlation coefficients between body composition of legs, physical performance and disease duration in patients with JIA

	Glucocorticoids	Disease duration	Fat tissue (%)	Lean tissue (%)	BMC (%)	DAS28
Chair rise (s)	0,02	0,39*	0,40*	-0,40*	-0,23	0,13
Glucocorticoids		0,21	0,43*	-0,43*	-0,43*	0,50**
Disease duration (yrs)			0,48**	-0,47**	-0,47**	-0,04
Fat tissue (%)				-1.00**	-0,80**	0,24
Lean tissue (%)					0,78**	-0,24
BMC (%)						-0,27

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