highly significantp<0.00
The equation that predicts hip BMD from the independent variables was found to be: Hip BMD= -.221 +.026(dairy) +0.006(weight) -0.001(OPG) +.18(K) -0.003(CTX) The value of R 2 (for Hip BMD) was 0.39 (adjusted R 2 was 0.36) a value that was highly significant (p<0.00).