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Proportion of normal, osteopenia and osteoporosis cases of AP lumbar spine (L2) and dual femur densities in control and study group
| Parameters | Control group |
Study group |
P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean ± S.D. | Mean ± S.D. | ||||
| AP lumbar spine (L2) | |||||
| Normal | 10 | 10% | 1 | 10% | |
| Osteopenia | 0 | 0% | 6 | 60% | <0.0001** |
| Osteoporosis | 0 | 0% | 3 | 30% | |
| Femur | |||||
| Normal | 10 | 100% | 4 | 40% | 0.01* |
| Osteopenia | 0 | 0% | 6 | 60% | |
Significant;
Highly Significant
