Assessment of Bone Mineral Density in Male Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease by DXA and Quantitative Computed Tomography

Table 4

Correlation between QCT and DXA measurements with respect to age and steroid therapy.

QCT measurements	DXA measurements			Age	Steroid
	L1DXA	L2DXA	L3DXA
L1QCT	<0.001	—	—	0.001	0.03
L2QCT	—	<0.001	—	<0.001	0.02
L3QCT	—	—	<0.001	0.002	0.07^†

value > 0.05.