Clinical Study
Comparison of QCT and DXA: Osteoporosis Detection Rates in Postmenopausal Women
Table 1
Diagnostic results of DXA versus QCT for 140 participants.
| | | Normal (%) | Osteopenia (%) | Osteoporosis (%) |
| | Lumbar PA-DXA | 69 (49.3) | 47 (33.6) | 24 (17.1) | | Any femoral site by DXA | 52 (37.1) | 70 (50.0) | 18 (12.9) | | Any spinal or femoral site by DXA | 40 (28.6) | 72 (51.4) | 28 (20.0) | | Lumbar QCT | 19 (13.6) | 56 (40.0) | 65 (46.4) |
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DXA: dual X-ray absorptiometry; PA-DXA: posteroanterior DXA; QCT: quantitative computed tomography.
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