Comparison of Bone Mineral Density in Thalassemia Major Patients with Healthy Controls

Table 1

Bone mineral content (BMC) and bone mineral density (BMD) in cases and control at lumbar spine (LS), distal radius (DR), and neck of femur (NF).

	Controls		Cases		value
	Mean ± SD	Min–max	Mean ± SD	Min–max
BMC_LS (gm)	20.98 ± 6.48	13.28–38.18	20.55 ± 8.22	13.28–38.18	0.818
BMD_LS (gm/cm^3)	0.568 ± 0.110	0.379–0.821	0.48 ± 0.17	0.211–0.791	0.013
BMC_DR (gm)	4.60 ± 2.68	0.60–10.01	3.711 ± 2.24	1.06–10.81	0.143
BMD_DR (gm/cm^3)	0.323 ± 0.06	0.218–0.441	0.324 ± 0.99	0.110–0.560	0.933
BMC_NF (gm)	14.13 ± 12.23	1.2–37.3	1.87 ± 0.51	1.2–2.9	<0.001
BMD_NF (gm/cm^3)	0.496 ± 0.17	0.321–0.869	0.464 ± 0.198	0.230–0.907	0.495