Table 3

Bivariate correlation analysis between covariate and CAVI

Characteristic or parameter	r	P value
LS BMD	−0.014	0.744
FN BMD	−0.229	<0.001
TH BMD	−0.218	<0.001
Age	0.631	<0.001
Gender	0.060	0.077
Smoking	0.008	0.825
CVD	0.220	<0.001
DM	0.199	<0.001
BMI	−0.18	<0.001
SBP	0.36	<0.001
DBP	0.108	0.009
ABI	−0.056	0.176
WCC	0.029	0.486
NLR	0.171	<0.001
Fibrinogen	0.123	0.003
TG	−0.102	0.014
TC	−0.198	<0.001
HDL-C	−0.148	<0.001
LDL-C	−0.14	0.001
UA	−0.036	0.384
ESR	0.185	<0.001
EGFR	−0.394	<0.001

r=Pearson correlation coefficient or Kendall’s tau-b correlation coefficient (gender, smoking, CVD and DM).
ABI, ankle brachial index; BMD, bone mineral density; BMI, body mass index; CAVI, cardio-ankle vascular index;CVD, cardiovascular or cerebrovascular disease; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate; FN FN BMD, femoral neck BMD; HDLC, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDLC, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LS LS BMD, BMD in the lumbar spine; NLR, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio; SBP, systolic blood pressure; TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglyceride; TH TH BMD, total hip BMD; UA, uric acid; WCC, white cell count; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate.