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. 2024 Mar 6;25:200. doi: 10.1186/s12891-024-07324-1

Table 2.

Values of bone density from all the vertebral bodies of cervical, thoracic and lumbal spine of each age group in mg/cm3

Age Location N Median Mean Std. deviation Range
10-19 C 17.00 265.16 267.47 45.28 195.84
T 17.00 201.28 211.00 36.31 154.89
L 17.00 189.62 198.61 33.50 151.02
20-29 C 25.00 235.50 244.66 37.32 146.34
T 25.00 187.08 194.18 27.18 108.62
L 25.00 181.19 187.07 23.58 94.52
30-39 C 36.00 248.35 255.72 50.83 223.14
T 36.00 195.26 192.84 30.29 129.14
L 36.00 177.21 179.22 28.76 123.22
40-49 C 25.00 241.10 254.97 48.10 187.36
T 25.00 181.68 183.43 25.87 103.00
L 25.00 158.00 161.31 23.49 80.10
50-59 C 39.00 213.68 216.86 53.32 297.61
T 39.00 145.72 148.39 27.89 145.38
L 39.00 112.65 122.30 29.10 138.49
60-69 C 28.00 193.17 203.15 43.60 166.17
T 28.00 144.65 147.16 29.07 109.78
L 28.00 114.76 119.66 28.76 118.93
70-79 C 18.00 181.28 182.37 41.85 174.52
T 18.00 128.79 130.00 30.94 127.86
L 18.00 99.29 96.69 31.48 140.82
80-89 C 12.00 174.13 171.75 37.75 129.21
T 12.00 125.55 118.38 29.52 92.80
L 12.00 97.55 96.07 27.16 79.37
Total C 200.00 228.67 228.67 54.62 331.99
T 200.00 169.31 168.19 40.39 231.87
L 200.00 149.69 147.76 44.96 269.18
Age group N Mean (mg/cm3) Median (mg/cm3) Standard deviation Minimum Maximum
10-19 years 17 225.69 221.68 37.37 171.90 337.50
20-29 years 25 208.64 200.59 27.51 169.17 280.06
30-39 years 36 209.26 206.09 34.68 131.48 281.82
40-49 years 25 199.90 197.68 29.95 154.84 261.39
50-59 years 39 162.51 156.71 34.88 116.56 305.27
60-69 years 28 156.66 151.13 31.78 111.17 220.64
70-79 years 18 136.35 138.85 33.32 69.89 217.62
80-89 years 12 128.73 138.68 30.07 86.59 186.77
Total 200 181.54 181.60 44.59 69.89 337.50

N number of cases, C Cervical, T Thoracic, L Lumbal