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Table 1 The World Health Organization definitions of osteoporosis and osteopenia used to interpret spine, hip and forearm dual‐energy x ray absorptiometry (DXA) scan results in postmenopausal white women¹³,¹⁴.

Terminology	T‐score definition
Normal	T ⩾ −1.0
Osteopenia	−2.5 < T < −1.0
Osteoporosis	T ⩽ −2.5
Established osteoporosis	T ⩽ −2.5 in the presence of one or more fragility fractures

Table 1 The World Health Organization definitions of osteoporosis and osteopenia used to interpret spine, hip and forearm dual‐energy x ray absorptiometry (DXA) scan results in postmenopausal white women13,14.