Calcaneal BMD Obtained by Dual X-Ray and Laser Predicts Future Hip Fractures—A Prospective Study on 4 398 Swedish Women

Table 1

The number of individuals per decade, observation years, ${\text{BMD}}_{\text{DXL}}$, T-score with 1 standard deviation within parenthesis, number of fractures and the annual hip fracture rate regardless of ${\text{BMD}}_{\text{DXL}}$.

Age	Number	Observation  years	${\text{BMD}}_{\text{DXL}}$(g/${\text{cm}}^2$)	T-score	Fractures	Annual fracture rate (%)
55–59	772	3208	0.391 (0.074)	$-1.5$ (1.2)	5	0.16
60–64	816	3292	0.378 (0.071)	$-1.7$ (1.1)	6	0.18
65–69	717	2956	0.358 (0.070)	$-2.0$ (1.1)	9	0.30
70–74	755	2986	0.336 (0.076)	$-2.4$ (1.2)	20	0.67
75–79	724	2776	0.318(0.075)	$-2.7$ (1.2)	27	0.97
80–84	437	1488	0.292(0.073)	$-3.1$ (1.2)	38	2.55
85–99	177	563	0.259 (0.084)	$-3.6$ (1.4)	25	4.44
All	4398	17270	0.347(0.082)	$-2.2$ (1.3)	130	0.75