Association between Bone Mineral Density and Severity of Chronic Kidney Disease
Table 2
Prevalence of osteopenia, osteoporosis, or low t-score in the at-risk population according to the presence of CKD (male participants aged ≥ 50 years and postmenopausal women).
Healthy (N = 3577)
CKD group (N = 1104)
value
Femoral neck
Total population
Osteopenia (n, %)
1076 (30.1%)
382 (34.6%)
<0.001
Osteoporosis (n, %)
108 (3.0%)
79 (7.2%)
0.005
Low T-score (n, %)
1184 (33.1%)
461 (41.8%)
<0.001
Female
Osteopenia (n, %)
656 (37.9%)
214 (42.3%)
0.074
Osteoporosis (n, %)
91 (5.3%)
62 (12.3%)
<0.001
Low T-score (n, %)
747 (43.2%)
276 (54.5%)
<0.001
Male
Osteopenia (n, %)
420 (22.8%)
168 (28.1%)
0.008
Osteoporosis (n, %)
17 (0.9%)
17 (2.8%)
<0.001
Low T-score (n, %)
437 (23.7%)
185 (30.9%)
<0.001
Lumbar spine
Total population
Osteopenia (n, %)
1064 (29.7%)
274 (24.8%)
0.063
Osteoporosis (n, %)
254 (7.1%)
97 (8.8%)
0.002
Low T-score (n, %)
1318 (36.8%)
371 (33.6%)
<0.05
Female
Osteopenia (n, %)
661 (38.2%)
176 (34.8%)
0.164
Osteoporosis (n, %)
200 (11.6%)
81 (16.0%)
0.008
Low T-score (n, %)
861 (49.7%)
257 (50.8%)
0.678
Male
Osteopenia (n, %)
403 (21.8%)
98 (16.4%)
0.004
Osteoporosis (n, %)
54 (2.9%)
16 (2.7%)
0.750
Low T-score (n, %)
457 (24.8%)
114 (19.1%)
0.004
values by the Chi-square test; was considered statistically significant. The at-risk population, male participants aged ≥50 years, and postmenopausal women; low T-score and T-score ≤ -1.
