Table 3 Regression analyses of ghrelin with BMD and Z-scores in women and men ¹

L2-L4 BMD

Age

−0.003

(−0.003, −0.002)

<0.001

0.1

BMI

0.006

(0.003, 0.009)

<0.001

0.045

BMI

0.005

(0.004, 0.007)

<0.001

Age

−0.001

(−0.002, 0.000)

0.012

Smoking

−0.043

(−0.065, −0.021)

<0.001

Ghrelin

0.009

(0.002, 0.017)

0.015

Femoral Neck BMD

Age

−0.004

(−0.005, −0.004)

<0.001

0.238

Age

−.006

(−0.006, −0.005)

<0.001

0.361

BMI

0.008

(0.006, 0.009)

<0.001

BMI

.012

(0.010, 0.015)

<0.001

PA²

0.011

(0.007, 0.016)

<0.001

PA

.015

(0.007, 0.023)

<0.001

Smoking

−0.044

(−0.065, −0.023)

<0.001

Smoking

−.047

(−0.083, −0.010)

0.012

Ghrelin

0.008

(0.000, 0.015)

0.04

Alcohol

.001

(0.000, 0.002)

0.020

Total Hip BMD

BMI

0.011

(0.009, 0.012)

<0.001

0.234

BMI

.013

(0.011, 0.016)

<0.001

0.247

Age

−0.003

(−0.003, −0.002)

<0.001

Age

−.002

(−0.003, −0.001)

<0.001

PA

0.009

(0.005, 0.014)

<0.001

PA

.013

(0.005, 0.020)

0.002

Smoking

−0.036

(−0.057, −0.016)

<0.001

Alcohol

.001

(0.000, 0.002)

0.019

Ghrelin

0.009

(0.002, 0.016)

0.009

Smoking

−.037

(−0.072, −0.002)

0.036

L2-L4 Z-score

Smoking

−0.458

(−0.675, −0.241)

<0.001

0.022

Ghrelin

0.102

(0.027, 0.177)

0.007

Femoral Neck Z-score

Smoking

−0.338

(−0.502, −0.173)

<0.001

0.04

PA

0.158

(0.092, 0.224)

<0.001

0.085

PA

0.078

(0.044, 0.113)

<0.001

BMI

0.055

(0.031, 0.079)

<0.001

Ghrelin

0.073

(0.015, 0.131)

0.013

BMI

0.013

(0.003, 0.024)

0.015

Total Hip Z-score

BMI

0.043

(0.033, 0.053)

<0.001

0.076

BMI

0.08

(0.058, 0.102)

<0.001

0.137

Smoking

−0.286

(−0.447, −0.125)

0.001

PA

0.122

(0.059, 0.185)

<0.001

PA

0.059

(0.026, 0.093)

0.001

Alcohol

0.007

(0.000, 0.015)

0.042

Ghrelin

0.081

(0.024, 0.137)

0.005