Table 1.

Multiple linear regression analysis of BMD in the total hip, femoral neck and lumbar spine

	Covariates	β	p-value	r²

Total hip	Postmenopausal state	−0.326	0.003	43%
	BMI	0.406	<0.001
	Medsger score general	−0.150	0.251
	Proteinuria	−0.229	0.085
Femoral neck	Postmenopausal state	−0.280	0.02	33%
	BMI	0.351	0.004
	Medsger score general	−1.06	0.461
	Proteinuria	−0.146	0.342
	Physical activity	0.146	0.247
Lumbar spine	Postmenopausal state	−0.301	0.015	37%
	BMI	0.391	0.003
	Medsger score general	−0.07	0.640
	DcSSc subtype	−0.226	0.165
	Rodnan skin score	0.204	0.199
	ESR	−0.152	0.282

BMI = body mass index, DcSSc = diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis, ESR = erythrocyte sedimentation rate, β = standardized regression coefficient.