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. 2011 Sep;6(9):2264–2271. doi: 10.2215/CJN.09711010

Table 5.

Age-adjusted OR per 1 SD decrease and the area under the ROC curve for imaging parameters in patients with fractures

OR (95% CI) P Area under ROC Curve (95% CI) P
HR-pQCT tibia
    Dtot 2.86 (1.29 to 5.80) 0.01 0.87 (0.77 to 0.98) <0.01
    Dcort 1.89 (1.02 to 3.57) 0.04 0.84 (0.69 to 0.96) <0.01
    CtTh 2.56 (1.30 to 5.00) 0.01 0.86 (0.76 to 0.97) <0.01
    Dtrab 3.70 (1.59 to 8.33) 0.01 0.90 (0.80 to 0.99) <0.01
    BV/TV 3.45 (1.52 to 8.33) 0.01 0.89 (0.79 to 0.99) <0.01
    TbN 2.86 (1.39 to 5.88) 0.01 0.88 (0.77 to 0.98) <0.01
    TbTh 1.04 (0.63 to 1.61) 0.95 0.83 (0.69 to 0.95) <0.01
    Tb1/NSD 0.28 (0.11 to 0.72) 0.01 0.89 (0.79 to 0.99) <0.01
HR-pQCT radius
    Dtot 1.82 (0.99 to 3.33) 0.06 0.84 (0.71 to 0.96) <0.01
    Dcort 1.27 (0.74 to 2.13) 0.39 0.83 (0.69 to 0.96) <0.01
    CtTh 1.85 (1.01 to 3.33) 0.05 0.83 (0.70 to 0.96) <0.01
    Dtrab 2.17 (1.12 to 4.17) 0.02 0.84 (0.72 to 0.96) <0.01
    BV/TV 2.17 (1.12 to 4.17) 0.02 0.83 (0.70 to 0.96) <0.01
    TbN 2.86 (1.37 to 5.56) 0.01 0.85 (0.72 to 0.98) <0.01
    TbTh 1.33 (0.76 to 2.33) 0.31 0.84 (0.72 to 0.96) <0.01
    Tb1/NSD 0.49 (0.29 to 0.83) 0.01 0.87 (0.76 to 0.98) <0.01
DXA
    femoral neck aBMD 2.04 (1.04 to 3.85) 0.04 0.84 (0.71 to 0.97) <0.01
    lumbar spine aBMD 1.96 (0.99 to 3.85) 0.06 0.84 (0.71 to 0.97) <0.01
    radius aBMD 3.33 (1.35 to 8.33) 0.01 0.85 (0.73 to 0.97) <0.01

OR, odds ratio; ROC, receiver-operating characteristic; CI, confidence interval; HR-pQCT, high-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography; Dtot, total density; HA, hydroxyapatite; Dcort, cortical density; CtTh, cortical thickness; Dtrab, trabecular thickness; BV/TV, trabecular bone volume; TbN, trabecular number; TbTh, trabecular thickness; Tb1/NSD, SD of 1/TbN; DXA, dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry; aBMD, areal bone mineral density.