Prevalence and Risk Factors of Discordance between Left- and Right-Hip Bone Mineral Density Using DXA

Table 1

Characteristics of the study population.

	Femoral neck	Trochanter	Total hip
Age (years ± SD)	54.9±12.7	54.9±12.7	54.9±12.7
BMI (Kg/m²)	27.9±45.1	27.9±45.1	27.9±45.1
Mean right BMD (g/cm²)	0.865	0.733	0.914
Mean left BMD (g/cm²)	0.859	0.735	0.916
Mean BMD difference (g/cm²)	−0.005	−0.021	−0.001
Mean right T-score	−1.169	−0.766	−0.859
Mean left T-score	−1.214	−0.747	0.916
Mean T-score difference	0.045	−0.019	−0.007