Prevalence and Possible Risk Factors of Low Bone Mineral Density in Untreated Female Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Table 2

Lumbar spine and total hip BMD in the study of SLE patients.

Variable	All SLE patients; ( = 119)
BMD, mean ± SD g/cm^2
Spine L1–L4	0.91 ± 0.16
Total hip	0.88 ± 0.12
score, mean ± SD
Spine L1–L4	−0.45 ± 1.40
Total hip	−0.01 ± 1.08
score, mean ± SD
Spine L1–L4	−0.36 ± 1.34
Total hip	0.62 ± 1.03
Osteopenia, %
Lumbar spine or/and total hip	31.1
Lumbar spine	25.5
Total hip	10.4
Osteoporosis, %
Lumbar spine or/and total hip	8.5
Lumbar spine	7.5
Total hip	0.9

SLE = systemic lupus erythematosus; BMD = bone mineral density.