Research Article

Using Magnetic Resonance for Predicting Femoral Strength: Added Value with respect to Bone Densitometry

Table 2

Simple linear regression analysis (with load as dependent variable).

Measure

pQCT-BMD10.360.009
pQCT-BMD20.480.002
pQCT-BMD30.420.004
pQCT-BMD40.150.110

DXA-BMDtot0.430.003
DXA-BMDne0.410.004
DXA-CoTne0.410.004
DXA-NSA0.090.269

MRI-BMD10.410.004
MRI-BMD20.320.015
MRI-BMD30.080.248
MRI-BMD40.170.084

The values in the table are coefficients of determination () and significance levels ( values).
Same abbreviations as in Table 1.