Lower Limb Metaphyseal Bone Is Lost in Men with Coeliac Disease and Does Not Relate to Parathyroid Status

Figure 2

Proportion (as %) of patients with osteoporosis ( score −2.5 or lower), osteopenia ( score −1 to −2.499), or a score below −1. R1–R6 indicate the regions of the lower limb (see Section 2). l2–4 refers to lumbar vertebrae 2–4 inclusive; FN: femoral neck. FN(L) refers to scores calculated from the data of Looker et al. 1997. and scores were calculated as described in Section 2 from control subjects [18, 19] or for FN(L) from [21]. (a) Patients with above average weight and (b) patients with below average weight.

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