Clinical Study
Comparison of the Spine and Hip BMD Assessments Derived from Quantitative Computed Tomography
Table 1
The diagnostic rates classification with vBMD versus aBMD in males.
| | Location | Osteoporosis QCT (%) | Osteopenia QCT (%) | Normal QCT (%) |
| | Age <50 y () | | | | | Lumbar spine (vBMD) | 11 (5.6%) | 47 (24.0%) | 138 (70.4%) | | Hip (aBMD) | 4 (2.0%) | 54 (27.6%) | 138 (70.4%) | | Age ≥50 y () | | | | | Lumbar spine (vBMD) | 35 (26.1%) | 47 (35.1%) | 52 (38.8%) | | Hip (aBMD) | 5 (3.7%) | 43 (32.1%) | 86 (64.2%) |
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