Serum osteocalcin, urine collagen cross-link excretion, and bone mineral density among men and women born in Hertfordshire during 1920-1930
| Marker | Sex | No of subjects | Bone mineral density (g cm−2) | ||||
| Lumbar spine | Femoral neck | ||||||
| Osteocalcin | Men | 213 | −0.154-150 | −0.19† | |||
| Women | 188 | −0.24† | −0.27† | ||||
| Log NTX/cr | Men | 101 | −0.19 | −0.234-150 | |||
| Women | 95 | −0.43‡ | −0.214-150 | ||||
Figures are partial correlation coefficients after age adjustment.
Log NTX/cr, log transformed values of type I collagen cross linked N-telopeptide/creatine.
↵4-150 P < 0.05; † P < 0.01; ‡ P < 0.001.