  We present a statistical analysis of the largest X-ray survey of nearby
spiral galaxies in which diffuse emission has been separated from discrete
source contributions. Regression and rank-order correlation analyses are used
to compare X-ray properties such as total, source and diffuse luminosities, and
diffuse emission temperature, with a variety of physical and multi-wavelength
properties, such as galaxy mass, type and activity, and optical and infrared
luminosity. The results are discussed in terms of the way in which hot gas and
discrete X-ray sources scale with the mass and activity of galaxies, and with
the star formation rate. We find that the X-ray properties of starburst
galaxies are dependent primarily on their star-forming activity, whilst for
more quiescent galaxies, galaxy mass is the more important parameter. One of
the most intriguing results is the tight linear scaling between far-infrared
and diffuse X-ray luminosity across the sample, even though the hot gas changes
from a hydrostatic corona to a free wind across the activity range sampled
here.
