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Table 5 Multiple regression models for predicting quantitative ultrasound bone measurements (n = 153)

From: Plasma organochlorine concentrations and bone ultrasound measurements: a cross-sectional study in peri-and postmenopausal Inuit women from Greenland

Variables

BUA (dB/MHz)

SOS (m/sec)

Stiffness index

 

β (SE)*

p-value

β (SE)*

p-value

β (SE)*

p-value

R2

0.38

<0.001

0.34

<0.001

0.39

<0.001

PCB 153 (log)*

-4.59 (3.20)

0.153

-14.41 (7.95)

0.072

-7.19 (3.98)

0.072

Age (years)

-0.33 (0.18)

0.071

-1.54 (0.45)

0.001

-0.65 (0.22)

0.004

Weight (kg)

0.31 (0.05)

<0.001

0.40 (0.12)

0.001

0.31 (0.06)

<0.001

Current HRT use

6.26 (2.60)

0.017

16.31 (6.46)

0.013

8.93 (3.23)

0.006

Former contraceptive use

3.38 (1.56)

0.031

9.78 (3.87)

0.012

4.93 (1.94)

0.012

  1. *Regression coefficients (standard error)
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