Table 4 Correlation of Inflammatory Markers with Bone Mineral Density and Osteoporosis Biomarkers in Healthy Post-menopausal Women
|  | TNF-α (pg/ml) | IL-6 (pg/ml) | PGE2 (pg/ml) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | Regression | Â | Regression | Â | Regression | |||
| Â | Correlation | RC | *P < | Correlation | RC | *P < | Correlation | RC | *P < |
L 2 -L 4 BMD (g/cm2) | -.289 | -49.8 | *0.002 | -.126 | -25.1 | 0.123 | -.219 | -8.7 | *0.005 |
Femoral neck BMD (g/cm2) | -0.238 | -25.9 | *0.049 | -.097 | -21.3 | 0.174 | -.264 | -6.6 | *0.030 |
Estrogen (pg/ml) | -.283 | -0.7 | *0.001 | .065 | 0.30 | 0.171 | -.223 | -0.12 | *0.004 |
Osteocalcin (ng/ml) | -.281 | -0.7 | *0.001 | -.157 | -0.37 | 0.085 | -.249 | -0.13 | *0.001 |
1, 25-dihydroxyvitamin D 3 (pg/ml) | -0.101 | -0.1 | 0.147 | -.048 | -0.06 | 0.545 | -.123 | -0.03 | 0.103 |
CTX (ng/ml) | 0.143 | 24.1 | 0.078 | .119 | 20.9 | 0.137 | .067 | 2.3 | 0.405 |
PTH (pg/ml) | 0.109 | 0.06 | 0.207 | .216 | 0.13 | *0.005 | .115 | 0.01 | 0.162 |
CT(pg/ml) | -.484 | -1.7 | *0.001 | -.169 | -0.59 | *0.027 | -.424 | -0.29 | *0.001 |
Ca2+ (mg/dl) | 0.115 | 3.3 | 0.117 | .007 | 0.48 | 0.850 | .113 | 0.69 | 0.258 |
Phosphorus (mg/dl) | 0.067 | 2.9 | 0.342 | .036 | 1.68 | 0.596 | .172 | 1.34 | 0.127 |