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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Bone Miner Res. 2012 Apr;27(4):808–816. doi: 10.1002/jbmr.1539

Table 5.

Area-under-the-curve (AUC) values from ROC analysis (unadjusted variables), and the associated sensitivity values for two clinically relevant values of high specificity (90% and 95%).

Variable AUC p-value* Sensitivity (%)


90% Specificity 95% Specificity
LS aBMD 0.76 43 30
FN aBMD 0.65 30 21
Integral vBMD 0.83 0.05 44 38
Vertebral Strength 0.83 0.02 52 37
Load-to-Strength Ratio 0.82 0.05 52 37
Strength-to-Density Ratio 0.77 0.74 30 24

See Table 1 for legends.

*

p-value is for comparing the AUC value against that for LS aBMD; not performed for FN aBMD.