Table 6.

Prevalence of diagnosis discordances between left and right hips sorted by sex and BMI.

		Major discordance	Minor discordance 2
Sample study	BMI < 20 (n = 176)	50 (28.4%)	13 (7.4%)
	20 < BMI < 30 (n = 2165)	318 (14.7%)	147 (6.8%)
	BMI ≥ 30 (n = 1140)	111 (9.7%)	67 (5.9%)
Females	BMI < 20 (n = 99)	38 (38.4%)	5 (5.1%)
	20 < BMI < 30 (n = 1692)	287 (17%)	114 (6.7%)
	BMI ≥ 30 (n = 1082)	110 (10.2%)	65 (6%)
Males	BMI < 20 (n = 77)	12 (15.6%)	8 (10.4%)
	20 < BMI < 30 (n = 473)	31 (6.6%)	33 (7%)
	BMI > 30 (n = 58)	1 (1.7%)	2 (3.4%)

Minor discordance 2: osteoporosis in one hip and osteopenia in the other hip; major discordance: osteoporosis in one hip and normal BMD in the other.