Association between dietary calcium and phosphorus intakes, dietary calcium/phosphorus ratio and bone mass in the Korean population

Table 2 Correlations between dietary calcium, phosphorus, calcium/phosphorus ratio and bone mass density

	Correlation coefficient (r) with bone mass density
	Whole body	Lumbar	Femoral neck
Men
< 50 years
Calcium intake	-0.073 ^*	0.102 ^**	0.015
Phosphorus intake	-0.050	0.129 ^**	0.050
Ca/P ratio	-0.070 ^*	0.134 ^**	0.043
≥ 50 years
Calcium intake	0.147 ^**	0.171 ^**	0.180 ^**
Phosphorus intake	0.121 ^**	0.072	0.133 ^**
Ca/P ratio	0.110 ^**	0.101 ^**	0.126 ^**
Women
Premenopausal
Calcium intake	-0.001	-0.001	0.004
Phosphorus intake	0.015	0.029	0.044
Ca/P ratio	0.036	0.048	0.068 ^*
Postmenopausal
Calcium intake	0.064	0.224 ^**	0.177 ^**
Phosphorus intake	0.081	0.148 ^**	0.144 ^**
Ca/P ratio	0.069	0.151 ^**	0.118 ^**

*p < 0.05, **p <0.01. Ca/P ratio Calcium/phosphorus intake ratio. Results in bold indicate statistical significance at the 0.05 level.

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