Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation

Table 3 Correlation between different parameters in osteoporosis group (n=60)

From: Could procollagen type I N-terminal propeptide (PINP) and bone alkaline phosphatase (B-ALP) be valid alternative diagnostic markers to dual X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) in elderly females with osteoporosis? An Egyptian radiological and laboratory monocentric study

	ECOS 16		PINP (pg/ml)		B-ALP (ng/ml)
	r	p	r	p	r	p
PINP (pg/ml)	− 0.264	0.041^*
B-ALP (ng/ml)	− 0.256	0.048^*
BMD-F (g/cm²)	0.272	0.036^*	− 0.311	0.015^*	− 0.364	0.004^*
BMD-S (g/cm²)	− 0.339	0.008^*	− 0.322	0.012^*	− 0.273	0.035^*

r Pearson coefficient
^*Statistically significant at p ≤ 0.05

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