Research Article
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) | | | | BMI (Kg/m²) | | | | 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
|
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