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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Clin Densitom. 2011 Jul 1;14(3):313–320. doi: 10.1016/j.jocd.2011.05.006

Table 2.

Measurement precision for volumes (cm3) in healthy control subjects and subjects with DM-PN with pooled rater results.

Bone*

Cal Cub Cun1 Cun2 Cun3 Met1 Met2 Met3 Met4 Met5 Nav Tal
Healthy Controls
Both Feet Combined
Mean Volume 67.4 12.4 9.6 3.8 5.4 15.2 7.7 6.3 6.3 7.2 10.3 35.5
RMS-SD (LSC)** 0.10 (0.27) 0.03 (0.09) 0.03 (0.08) 0.03 (0.09) 0.02 (0.06) 0.06 (0.16) 0.04 (0.12) 0.03 (0.07) 0.02(0.06) 0.03 (0.08) 0.03 (0.08) 0.09 (0.25)
RMS-%CV§ (%LSC)# 0.1 (0.4) 0.3 (0.7) 0.3 (0.9) 0.9 (2.5) 0.4 (1.2) 0.4(1.0) 0.5 (1.5) 0.5 (1.3) 0.4 (1.0) 0.4 (1.2) 0.3 (0.9) 0.3 (0.7)
DM-PN Group
Both Feet Combined
Mean Volume 64.4 12.4 9.3 3.8 5.2 15.1 7.7 6.9 6.9 7.5 10.6 34.0
RMS-SD (LSC) 0.23 (0.64) 0.06 (0.16) 0.04 (0.12) 0.03 (0.08) 0.03 (0.08) 0.05 (0.15) 0.04 (0.12) 0.03 (0.09) 0.05(0.14) 0.03 (0.09) 0.05 (0.13) 0.10(0.27)
RMS-%CV (%LSC) 0.3 (0.9) 0.4 (1.2) 0.4 (1.2) 0.7 (2.0) 0.5 (1.5) 0.3(0.8) 0.5 (1.5) 0.5 (1.3) 0.6 (1.7) 0.4 (1.1) 0.4 (1.2) 0.3 (0.7)
*

Cal = calcaneus, Cub = cuboid, Cun1 = cuneiform 1, Cun2 = cuneiform 2, Cun3 = cuneiform 3, Met1 = metatarsal 1, Met2 = metatarsal 2, Met3 = metatarsal 3, Met4 = metatarsal 4, Met5 = metatarsal 5, Nav = navicular, Tal = talus;

root-mean-square standard deviation;

§

root-mean-square percent coefficient of variation;

**

Least significant change; ** Values calculated from Equation 1;

#

Values calculated from Equation 2.