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BMD and BMAD Z-scores
| Mean ± SD | Median | Range | Number (%) patients ≤ −2 |
Number (%) patients > −2 and ≤ −1 |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Femoral neck | BMD | −0.83 ± 1.2 | −0.95 | −2.7 to 1.7 | 8 (22) | 10 (28) |
| BMAD | −0.38 ± 1.1 | −0.23 | −2.7 to 1.9 | 2 (6) | 8 (22) | |
| Spine | BMD | −0.91 ± 1.4 | −0.90 | −3.7 to 1.8 | 9 (25) | 7 (19) |
| BMAD | −0.43 ± 1.3 | −0.45 | −3.0 to 2.3 | 4 (11) | 9 (25) | |
| Hip | BMD | −0.91 ± 1.3 | −1.20 | −3.6 to 1.8 | 6 (17) | 15 (42) |
