Table 2

ADRB3 genotype and BMD: Standardized regression coefficient from the multiple regression analyses


LSBMD
FNBMD



Coefficient
P value
Coefficient
P value

Women




     Age
-0.040
0.380
-0.344
<0.01
     BMI
0.366
<0.01
0.382
<0.01
     Smoking
-0.041
0.37
-0.087
0.03
     Calcium intake
-0.018
0.69
0.050
0.23
     Physical activity
0.140
<0.01
0.035
0.40
     ADRB3a
0.044
0.33
0.046
0.26
     R2
0.162

0.302


Men




     Age
-0.018
0.78
-0.187
<0.01
     BMI
0.231
<0.01
0.240
<0.01
     Smoking
-0.104
0.09
-0.149
<0.01
     Calcium intake
0.091
0.14
0.048
0.01
     Physical activity
0.124
0.05
0.036
0.43
     ADRB3a
0.001
0.99
0.003
0.60
     R2
0.074

0.120


LSBMD, lumbar spine bone mineral density; FNBMD, femoral neck bone mineral density.

R2: coefficient of determination; proportion of variance of BMD (LSBMD or FNBMD) accounted for by all the factors in the model. aNon-Arg allele carrier and Arg allele carrier.

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