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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Bone. 2016 Dec 30;97:38–42. doi: 10.1016/j.bone.2016.12.018

Table 2. Bone mineral density and marrow adipose tissue of study subjects.

Data are presented as mean ± SD

Non-T2DM T2DM p
DXA (g/cm2)
 Spine aBMD 1.1 ± 0.1 1.2 ± 0.2 0.3
 Total Hip aBMD 1.1 ± 0.1 1.1 ± 0.2 0.8
 Femoral Neck aBMD 0.9 ± 0.1 1.0 ± 0.2 0.6
QCT (mg/cm3)
 Spine vBMD 166 ± 33 172 ± 37 0.7
 Total Hip vBMD 360 ± 43 374 ± 45 0.4
 Femoral Neck vBMD 357 ± 52 404 ± 55 0.02
Marrow Adipose Tissue (lipids/water)
 L1-L2 0.64 ± 0.3 0.93 ± 0.3 0.03
 Femoral Metaphysis 2.4 ± 0.9 4.0 ± 2.6 0.04
 Femoral Diaphysis 3.2 ± 1.9 2.7 ± 0.9 1.0
Marrow Adipose Tissue (unsaturation
index)
 L1-L2 0.08 ± 0.03 0.1 ± 0.02 0.9
 Femoral Metaphysis 0.06 ± 0.01 0.06 ± 0.02 0.9
 Femoral Diaphysis 0.07 ± 0.01 0.06 ± 0.001 0.03

DXA: dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry; QCT: quantitative computed tomography; aBMD: areal bone mineral density; vBMD: volumetric bone mineral density