Table 3. Results of the prevalence of osteoporosis and osteopenia in postmenopausal women with systemic sclerosis and controls, as classified by the World Health Organization.

	Patients	Controls	p
Lumbar spine (%)
Osteoporosis	33.3 (n = 27)	7.1 (n = 28)	< 0.05
Osteopenia	25.9 (n = 27)	46.4 (n = 28)	NS
Femoral neck (%)
Osteoporosis	10.7 (n = 28)	3.6 (n = 28)	NS
Osteopenia	64.2 (n = 28)	64.2 (n = 28)	-
Total hip (%)
Osteoporosis	7.1 (n = 28)	0 (n = 28)	NS
Osteopenia	50 (n = 28)	39.3 (n = 28)	NS