Skip to main content

Table 2 Association of serum ferritin with lumbar spine bone mineral density in 8445 participants aged 20–85 years

From: Association between serum ferritin and bone mineral density in US adults

 

Model 1

β (95% CI) P value

Model 2

β (95% CI) P value

Model 3

β (95% CI) P value

Serum ferritin (ng/mL)

 − 0.107 (− 0.148, − 0.067)***

 − 0.087 (− 0.133, − 0.041)***

 − 0.090 (− 0.135, − 0.045)***

Q1

Reference

Reference

Reference

Q2

 − 14.187 (− 21.819, − 6.556)**

 − 10.094 (− 17.675, − 2.513)**

 − 7.979 (− 15.363, − 0.595)*

Q3

 − 25.308 (− 33.129, − 17.488)***

 − 22.006 (− 30.836, − 13.177)***

 − 20.994 (− 29.720, − 12.269)***

P for trend

 < 0.0001

 < 0.0001

 < 0.0001

  1. Model 1: no covariates were adjusted. Model 2: age, gender, and race were adjusted. Model 3: age, gender, race, education, physical activity, body mass index, serum calcium, total cholesterol, serum albumin, alkaline phosphatase, or serum uric acid were adjusted
  2. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001
Back to article page

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research

ISSN: 1749-799X