Retrospective Analysis of Bone Metabolism in Patients on Waiting List for Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplantation

Table 4

Densitometric parameters for the CKD G4 and CKD G5D subgroups, along with their comparison.

		CKD 4; (); (54 M, 18 W)	CKD 5D; (); (48 M, 17 W)	Significance
Lumbar spine	-score	-0.6 [-1.5 to 0.2]	-1.2 [-2.5 to -0.4]
	-score	-0.5 [-1.48 to 0.3]	-1.1 [-2.4 to -0.35]
	BMD (g/cm^2)	1.123 [1.044 to 1.232]	1.077 [0.925 to 1.159]
Total hip	-score	-1.3 [-1.8 to -0.7]	-1.7 [-2.3 to -1.2]
	-score	-1.1 [-1.6 to -0.6]	-1.4 [-2.15 to -0.9]
	BMD (g/cm^2)	0.903 [0.826 to 0.971]	0.857 [0.738 to 0.917]
Femoral neck	-score	-1.4 [-2.0 to -0.8]	-1.9 [-2.6 to -1.4]
	-score	-1.1 [-1.68 to -0.3]	-1.6 [-2.2 to -1.0]
	BMD (g/cm^2)	0.858 [0.802 to 0.96]	0.818 [0.724 to 0.887]
Distal radius ()	-score	-0.8 [-1.6 to -0.2]	-0.9 [-1.6 to 0.0]	NS
	-score	-0.8 [-1.6 to -0.15]	-0.9 [-1.55 to -0.1]	NS
	BMD (g/cm^2)	0.896 [0.822 to 0.96]	0.894 [0.791 to 0.971]	NS

M: men; W: women.