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Table 5 The bivariate Spearman correlation test between different testing indicators and BMD.

From: Comparative analysis of bone turnover markers in bone marrow and peripheral blood: implications for osteoporosis

Index

Rs

P

Peripheral blood β-CTX

-0.222*

0.010

Peripheral blood OC

-0.285**

0.001

Peripheral blood P1NP

-0.123

0.157

Peripheral blood 25(OH)D

0.053

0.547

Bone marrow β-CTX

-0.095

0.279

Bone marrow OC

-0.113

0.193

Bone marrow P1NP

0.133

0.126

Bone marrow 25(OH)D

0.060

0.493

  1. Note: * Significantly correlated at the 0.05 level (two-tailed), ** Significantly correlated at the 0.01 level (two-tailed)