Correlates of Calcaneal Quantitative Ultrasound Parameters in Patients with Diabetes: The Study on the Assessment of Determinants of Muscle and Bone Strength Abnormalities in Diabetes
Table 2
QUS values of study subjects, overall and by gender and type of DM.
QUS parameters
All
Females
Males
T1DM
T2DM
BUA, dB/MHz
71.6 ± 22.1
62.6 ± 22.1
78.3 ± 19.5
<0.0001
71.5 ± 24.9
71.6 ± 21.4
0.964
SOS, m/s
1541 ± 80
1527.3 ± 114.5
1551.8 ± 33.4
0.002
1548.6 ± 38.9
1539.3 ± 87.4
0.354
QUI
92.0 ± 22.9
84.9 ± 23.1
97.3 ± 21.3
<0.0001
93.3 ± 25.8
91.6 ± 22.2
0.561
T-score
−0.80 ± 1.33
−1.06 ± 1.38
−0.61 ± 1.27
0.001
−0.69 ± 1.53
−0.83 ± 1.28
0.376
Z-score
0.19 ± 1.28
0.25 ± 1.36
0.16 ± 1.24
0.476
−0.10 ± 1.46
0.27 ± 1.23
0.028
eBMD, g/cm2
0.50 ± 0.15
0.45 ± 0.16
0.54 ± 0.13
<0.0001
0.50 ± 0.19
0.50 ± 0.14
0.915
T-score
−0.83 ± 1.32
−1.09 ± 1.38
−0.63 ± 1.25
<0.0001
−0.70 ± 1.53
−0.86 ± 1.27
0.324
Z-score
0.20 ± 1.28
0.23 ± 1.37
0.18 ± 1.23
0.682
−0.08 ± 1.45
0.27 ± 1.23
0.033
QUS = quantitative ultrasound; DM = diabetes mellitus; T1DM = type 1 DM; T2DM = type 2 DM; BUA = broadband ultrasound attenuation; SOS = speed of sound; QUI = quantitative ultrasound index; eBMD = estimated bone mineral density.
