Table 5.

Discordant hip pairs in patients with normal and osteopenic spines, sorted by age and sex.

	Concordance	Minor discordance 1	Minor discordance 2	Major discordance
Males	248 (49.4)	221 (44)	22 (4.4)	11 (2.2)
Females < 50 yrs	430 (58.3)	270 (36.6)	17 (2.3)	21 (2.8)
Females 50–64 yrs	380 (38.5)	528 (53.4)	38 (3.8)	42 (4.3)
Females ≥ 65 yrs	42 (14.4)	173 (59.5)	29 (10)	47 (16.2)

Concordance: osteoporosis, osteopenia, or normal BMD on both hips, minor discordance 1: osteopenia in one hip and normal BMD in the other hip, minor discordance 2: osteoporosis in one hip and osteopenia in the other hip, and major discordance: osteoporosis in one hip and normal BMD in the other.