Research Article

Bone Density and Cortical Thickness in Normal, Osteopenic, and Osteoporotic Sacra

Table 1

Demographics of specimens.

SpecimenNumbert-scoreDonor AgeMale : Female ratio
MeanRangeMeanRange

Cancellous bone measurement
 Normal110.0081.99 to −0.9180.446 to 906 : 5
 Osteopenic12−1.66−1.05 to −2.4477.650 to 907 : 5
 Osteoporotic11−4.175−2.79 to −7.0981.165 to 973 : 8

Cortical thickness analysis
 Normal6−0.2370.7 to −0.8682.462 to 904 : 2
 Osteopenic6−1.49−1.05 to −2.1679.663 to 863 : 3
 Osteoporotic6−3.75−2.9 to −4.7481.570 to 862 : 4