Relation of testosterone level and other factors with bone mineral density in male kidney transplant recipients: a cross-sectional study

Table 2 Correlation between BMD of different bone regions with other clinical and laboratory data

		Bone mineral density (BMD) of the Lumbar region	Bone mineral density (BMD) of the hip region	Bone mineral density (BMD) Forearm
Hemoglobin (g/dl)	r_s	-0.071	-0.066	-0.289
Hemoglobin (g/dl)	p	0.588	0.618	0.025*
WBCs (X 10⁹/L)	r_s	-0.020	0.026	0.499
WBCs (X 10⁹/L)	p	0.877	0.846	< 0.001*
Platelets (X 10⁹/L)	r_s	-0.477	-0.447	0.167
Platelets (X 10⁹/L)	p	< 0.001*	< 0.001*	0.202
Creatinine (mg/dl)	r_s	0.105	0.209	0.048
Creatinine (mg/dl)	p	0.424	0.108	0.717
Corrected calcium (mg/dl)	r_s	-0.042	-0.213	0.081
Corrected calcium (mg/dl)	p	0.748	0.102	0.538
Phosphorus (mg/dl)	r_s	0.283	0.267	-0.209
Phosphorus (mg/dl)	p	0.028*	0.039*	0.109
Testosterone total (ng/ml)	r_s	0.194	-0.276	-0.046
Testosterone total (ng/ml)	p	0.138	0.033*	0.728
Free testosterone (pg/ml)	r_s	0.468	-0.046	-0.044
Free testosterone (pg/ml)	p	< 0.001*	0.728	0.741
Vitamin D (ng/ml)	r_s	-0.044	-0.249	0.071
Vitamin D (ng/ml)	p	0.736	0.055	0.587
PTH (pg/ml)	r_s	0.160	0.336	-0.191
PTH (pg/ml)	p	0.223	0.009*	0.144
Age (Years)	r_s	-0.475	-0.211	-0.477
Age (Years)	p	< 0.001*	0.105	< 0.001*
Duration (Years)	r_s	-0.063	0.271	-0.525
Duration (Years)	p	0.630	0.036*	< 0.001*
eGFR (ml/min/1.73m²)	r_s	0.263	0.107	0.415
eGFR (ml/min/1.73m²)	p	0.042*	0.414	0.001*

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