Does bracing affect bone health in women with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis?

Table 6 Pearson correlations (r) between BMC and measures of physical activity, nutrition and lean body mass

	Strenuous physical activity		Nutritional parameters			Physical characteristics
	Current	Past	E I	Vit. D	Calcium	LBM
Arms	0.17	0.03	−0.02	0.32*	0.23	0.71**
Legs	0.14	0.15	0.05	0.34*	0.25	0.72**
Pelvis	0.18	0.08	0.09	0.30*	0.12	0.56**
Femur neck axis	0.26	0.27	0.12	0.17	−0.07	0.46**
Femur neck	0.22	0.17	0.01	0.14	−0.03	0.53**
Femur shaft	0.26	0.22	0.13	0.30*	0.14	0.58**
Femur wards	0.13	0.16	−0.03	0.10	−0.20	0.50**
Total femur	0.23	0.18	0.10	0.30*	0.10	0.61**
Spine (L1-L4)	0.13	0.07	0.16	0.37*	0.14	0.68**
Total body	0.12	0.05	0.01	0.31*	0.20	0.60**

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