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. 2024 Jun 25;18(1):51–55. doi: 10.17925/HI.2024.18.1.8

Table 2: Prevalence of coronary artery disease across various bone mineral density categories at femoral neck and lumbar spine.

Femoral neck
Normal T-score ≥-1.0 n (%) Osteopenia -2.5 < T-score < -1.0 n (%) Osteoporosis (mild) -3.5 < T-score ≤ -2.5 n (%) Osteoporosis (severe) T-score ≤-3.5 n (%)
3/66 (4.5) 46/189 (24.3) 59/111 (53.2) 2/4 (50)
Lumbar spine
Normal T-score ≥-1.0 n (%) Osteopenia -2.5 < T-score <-1.0 n (%) Osteoporosis (mild) -3.5 < T-score ≤ -2.5 n (%) Osteoporosis (severe) T-score ≤-3.5 n (%)
3/42 (7) 25/122 (20.5) 48/150 (32) 34/56 (60.7)

T = T represents the number of standard deviations from the reference mean.