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Table 3 The gender-specific correlations of osteoporosis with grip strength and various body components in T2DM patients (60 females and 43 males)

From: Gender-specific impacts of thigh skinfold thickness and grip strength for predicting osteoporosis in type 2 diabetes

Spearman correlation

Osteoporosis

(r, r adjusted for BMI)

Female

Male

BMI

(-0.067; N/A)

(-0.193; N/A)

Age

(0.217; 0.259*)

(0.213; 0.235)

WHR

(-0.054; -0.058)

(-0.086; 0.154)

Grip strength

(-0.325*; -0.324*)

(-0.457**; -0.474**)

Total lean mass

(-0.089; -0.005)

(-0.579**; -0.485**)

Total fat mass

(-0.255*; -0.429**)

(-0.203; 0.052)

Total BMC

(-0.658**; -0.660**)

(-0.497**; -0.497**)

Arms lean mass

(-0.028; 0.074)

(-0.477**; -0.454**)

Legs lean mass

(-0.195; -0.135)

(-0.579**; -0.572**)

Android lean mass

(-0.031; 0.138)

(-0.340*; -0.321*)

Gynoid lean mass

(-0.230; -0.177)

(-0.485**; -0.559**)

Arms fat mass

(-0.193; -0.145)

(-0.168; 0.043)

Legs fat mass

(-0.250; -0.283*)

(-0.142; 0.088)

Android fat mass

(-0.224; -0.294*)

(-0.168; 0.066)

Gynoid fat mass

(-0.288*; -0.369**)

(-0.157; 0.073)

Lumbar BMD

(-0.714**; -0.630**)

(-0.508**; -0.476**)

Left femoral neck BMD

(-0.546**; -0.559**)

(-0.646**; -0.633**)

Right femoral neck BMD

(-0.554**; -0.556**)

(-0.606**; -0.671**)

Chest SF (mm)

(-0.151; -0.148)

(-0.031; -0.135)

Tricep SF (mm)

(-0.223; -0.225)

(-0.099; 0.046)

Midaxillary SF (mm)

(-0.294*; -0.319*)

(-0.170; -0.052)

Subscapular SF (mm)

(-0.262*; -0.301*)

(-0.198; -0.127)

Suprailiac SF (mm)

(-0.165; -0.157)

(-0.094; 0.093)

Abdominal SF (mm)

(-0.167; -0.172)

(-0.066; 0.131)

Thigh SF (mm)

(-0.370**; -0.391**)

(-0.058; 0.131)

  1. Data were analyzed with Spearman correlation and presented with correlation coefficients (r; r adjusted for BMI). Abbreviation: BMI, body mass index; WHR, waist to hip ratio; BMC, bone mineral content; BMD, bone mineral density; SF, skinfold. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01