Bone Mineral Density and Trabecular Bone Score in Predicting Vertebral Fractures in Male Employees of the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand

Table 5

AUC (95% CI) for predicting vertebral fracture in the present study compared with two previous studies [13, 14].

AUC (95% CI)	This study; n = 115; retrospective cohort	Hans et al. [13]; n = 29,407; retrospective cohort	Iki et al. [14]; n = 665; prospective cohort
TBS, LS-BMD	0.686^a (0.584–0.789)	0.71 (0.69–0.74)	0.718^a (0.662–0.773)
TBS, TH-BMD	0.688^a (0.585–0.791)	0.73 (0.71–0.75)	—
TBS, FN-BMD	0.690^a (0.588–0.792)	0.73 (0.71–0.75)	—

n, study subjects; AUC, area under the receiving operator curve; CI, confidence interval; TBS, trabecular bone score; BMD, bone mineral density; LS, lumbar spine; TH, total hip; FN, femoral neck. ^aCombined with age.