TABLE 3. Spearman correlations
Variables
LSBMD z-score r, p-value TBBMD z-score r, p-value DKK-1 r, p-value
Age 0.366, 0.03 0.369, 0.03 -0.122, 0.51
Bone age 0.473, 0.003 0.412, 0.02 -0.108, 0.56
Height z-score 0.089, 0.60 0.007, 0.96 -0.152, 0.40
BMI z-score 0.448, 0.005 0.438, 0.01 -0.163, 0.37
Tanner stage 0.508, 0.001 0.404, 0.02 -0.230, 0.21
History of delayed puberty -0.316, 0.057 -0.292, 0.09 0.368, 0.038
Prednisolone use 0.227, 0.18 0.063, 0.72 0.023, 0.90
Blood transfusion interval -0.032, 0.85 0.234, 0.18 -0.369, 0.038
Blood transfusion volume -0.201, 0.23 -0.119, 0.50 0.299, 0.09
Pre-transfusion Hb -0.245, 0.15 -0.304, 0.08 -0.102, 0.58
Liver iron concentration -0.055, 0.76 0.098, 0.60 0.251, 0.19
Average ferritin 0.037, 0.83 0.118, 0.51 0.100, 0.58
25OHD -0.062, 0.94 -0.087, 0.62 -0.169, 0.35
Dkk-1 -0.411, 0.019 -0.548, 0.001
OC z-score -0.170, 0.38 -0.239, 0.22 0.074, 0.70
CTX z-score -0.257, 0.18 -0.227, 0.24 0.203, 0.30