Table 7 Spearman rank correlation coefficients for the relationship between the continuous CT scan variables and diagnostic reference level estimates

− 0.0843 (0.1249)

0.9017 (0.0000)*

0.7708 (0.0000)*

− 0.3867 (0.0000)*

0 1896 (0.0005)*

0.3693 (0.0000)*

0.6812 (0.0000)*

0.5493 (0.0000)*

0.2342 (0.0000)*

0 1074 (0.0502)

0.6543 (0.0000)*

0.8921 (0.0000)*

0.5546 (0.0000)*

0.4503 (0.0002)*

0.6328 (0.0000)*

0.6111 (0.0000)*

0.6786 (0.0000)*

0.1418 (0.2600)

0.3310 (0.0071)*

0.4767 (0.0001)*

0.2597 (0.0084)*

0.7372 (0.0000)*

0.2245 (0.0233)*

− 0.2918 (0.0029)*

− 0.1089 (0.2759)

0.3484 (0.0003)*

0.4869 (0.0000)*

0.3630 (0.0002)*

0.3129 (0.0014)*

− 0.0002 (0.9986)

− 0.0215 (0.8202)

0.8095 (0.0000)*

0.6664 (0.0000)*

0.1005 (0.2874)

− 0.3289 (0.0004)*

0.3480 (0.0001)*

0.7251 (0.0000)*

0.4453 (0.0000)

0.3973 (0.0000)*

− 0.1953 (0.0373)

0.0104 (0.9416)

0.9388 (0.0000)*

0.5370 (0.0000)*

0.2350 (0.0935)

− 0.2543 (0.0688)

0.1148 (0.4179)

0.7602 (0.0000)*

0.4428 (0.0010)*

0.6172 (0.0000)*

− 0.0140 (0.9217)