Table 3 Spearman rank order correlation between bone mineral density and speed of sound at various measurement sites.
From: Discordant effect of body mass index on bone mineral density and speed of sound
Pair of variables | Overweight | Lean | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | n | R | P value | n | R | P value |
RAD & Femoral neck | 21 | 0.15 | NS | 11 | 0.57 | <0.05 |
RAD & Lumbar spine | 21 | 0.32 | NS | 11 | 0.53 | <0.05 |
TIB & Femoral neck | 22 | 0.31 | NS | 9 | 0.07 | NS |
TIB & Lumbar spine | 22 | 0.40 | NS | 9 | -0.23 | NS |
PLX & Femoral neck | 18 | 0.35 | NS | 11 | 0.39 | <0.05 |
PLX & Lumbar spine | 18 | 0.58 | <0.05 | 11 | 0.77 | <0.001 |