Hip Osteoarthritis and Osteoporosis: Clinical and Histomorphometric Considerations

Table 1

Comparison of clinical and histomorphometric parameters in the 4 different age-matched groups of patients with hip osteoarthritis and osteoporosis.

	Osteoarthritis	Osteoarthritis + osteopenia	Osteoarthritis + osteoporosis	Femoral neck fracture
Number of patients (male/female)	11/9	11/9	9/11	8/12
Age (years)	71.7±5.2	71.6±7.2	73.0±4.5	71.9±9.0
Harris Hip Score	41.2±8.6	33.4±7.2	25.5±7.6	73.9±13.2^∗
Bone mineral density (𝑇-score)	0.89±0.85	−1.32±0.84	−2.57±0.51	−2.67±0.51
Bone volume fraction (BV/TV) %	36.49±7.73	32.93±6.83	20.71±5.23	20.77±4.34

Values are ±SD; *calculated on the contralateral femur. 𝑃 values are reported in the text.