Correlation between bone mineral density and body composition in Japanese females aged 18–40 years with low forearm bone mineral density

Table 3 Pearson correlation coefficient among the variables of study subjects in second examination (n = 199)

Variables	Body height	Body weight	BMI	BF%	FM	LTM	Total body BMC	FMI	LTMI
Body height		0.444**	−0.119	−0.089	0.108	0.659**	0.613**	−0.082	−0.019
Body weight			0.836**	0.577**	0.794**	0.672**	0.684**	0.711**	0.497**
BMI				0.688**	0.807**	0.347**	0.383**	0.835**	0.570**
BF%					0.943**	−0.144**	0.205**	0.962**	−0.110
FM						0.169*	0.417**	0.980**	0.130
LTM							0.662**	0.046	0.738**
Total body BMC								0.300**	0.335**
FMI									0.137
BMD of total body	0.296**	0.373**	0.232**	0.058	0.186**	0.371**	0.849**	0.128	0.233**
BMD of lumbar spine	0.087	0.272**	0.247**	0.149*	0.213**	0.171*	0.609**	0.195**	0.148*
BMD of left arm	0.227**	0.330**	0.230**	0.002	0.139*	0.388**	0.636**	0.098	0.314**

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