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Table 4 Results from multiple linear regression analyses with BMD at different measuring sites as the outcome.

From: Osteoporosis in ankylosing spondylitis - prevalence, risk factors and methods of assessment

 

AP lumbar aBMD

Lateral lumbar aBMD

Lumbar

vBMD

Total hip

aBMD

Femoral neck aBMD

Total radius aBMD

Constant

all variables

0.829

 

0.539

 

0.2390

 

0.783

 

0.654

 

0.625

 

R2 all variables

0.290

 

0.245

 

0.266

 

0.402

 

0.343

 

0.591

 

R2 for demographic variables

0.254

 

0.163

 

0.171

 

0.338

 

0.279

 

0.569

 

R2 for disease related variables

0.079

 

0.181

 

0.276

 

0.174

 

0.198

 

0.253

 

Demographic variables

B

P-value

B

P-value

B

P-value

B

P-value

B

P-value

B

P-value

Sex

NA

 

NA

 

NA

 

-0.056

0.009

NA

 

-0.082

< 0.001

Age, years

NA

 

NA

 

NA

 

NA

 

NA

 

-0.001

0.002

Menopause

-0.156

< 0.001

-0.104

< 0.001

NA

 

-0.053

0.048

-0.076

< 0.001

-0.035

0.009

BMI, kg/m2

0.014

< 0.001

NA

 

NA

 

0.014

< 0.001

0.011

< 0.001

0.004

< 0.001

Disease-related variables

B

P -value

B

P -value

B

P -value

B

P -value

B

P -value

B

P -value

Years since diagnosis

NA

 

-0.003

< 0.001

NA

 

NA

 

NA

 

NA

 

Years since symptom debut

NA

 

NA

 

-0.001

< 0.001

-0.002

0.019

-0.002

0.028

NA

 

BASMI

NA

 

NA

 

-0.006

< 0.001

-0.023

< 0.001

-0.029

< 0.001

-0.008

0.016

Hemoglobin

NA

 

0.002

0.008

NA

 

NA

 

NA

 

NA

 

WBC

NA

 

NA

 

NA

 

-0.007

0.05

NA

 

NA

 

PLT

0.000

0.003

NA

 

NA

 

NA

 

NA

 

NA

 
  1. All demographic and disease-related variables that were significantly correlated with BMD in the first analyses were entered as covariates. The table shows only covariates that remained significantly associated with BMD in the stepwise multiple linear regression models. Coding for categorical variables, 1 = yes, 0 = no; for sex, 1 = woman, 2 = man. Beta values are unstandardized regression coefficients.
  2. AP, anteroposterior; BASMI, Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Metrology Index; aBMD, areal bone mineral density; vBMD, volumetric BMD; BMI, body mass index; mSASSS, modified Stoke Ankylosing Spondylitis Spine Score; PLT, platelet count; WBC, white blood cell count.