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

Table 5 Pearson correlation coefficients between composition of legs in women and men with JIA

Women	Disease duration	Fat tissue (%)	Lean tissue (%)	BMC(%)	DAS28
Glucocorticoids	0,29	0,46	-0,44	-0,50*	0,53*
Disease duration (yrs)		0,46	-0,45	-0,48*	-0,27
Fat tissue (%)			-1.00***	-0,64***	0,05
Lean tissue (%)				0,61**	-0,04
BMC (%)					-0,13
Men	Disease duration	Fat tissue (%)	Lean tissue (%)	BMC (%)	DAS28
Glucocorticoids	-0,16	0,33	-0,34	-0,23	0,32
Disease duration (years)		0,31	-0,31	-0,27	-0,02
Fat tissue (%)			-1.00***	-0,83***	-0,04
Lean tissue (%)				0,81**	0,04
BMC (%)					-0,10

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