Table 4.

Densitometry in relation to DISH and fractures

BMD QCT (g/cm3)	Fracture (n = 47)	No fracture (n = 145)	P value
DISH (n = 93)	0.09 ± 0.03	0.12 ± 0.04	0.002
No DISH (n = 99)	0.11 ± 0.03	0.11 ± 0.03	0.691
P value	0.178	0.105
BMD DXA (g/cm2)	Fracture (n = 83)	No fracture (n = 259)	P value
DISH (n = 178)	1.04 ± 0.16	1.10 ± 0.19	0.057
No DISH (n = 164)	0.95 ± 0.16	1.01 ± 0.16	0.061
P value	0.021	0.0002

Results of lumbar densitometry using QCT and DXA in DISH and non-DISH subgroups (Mata score [12]) in relation to vertebral fractures