Table 2.
Imaging Method | Correlation Coefficient |
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DXA | |
Lumbar spine | 0.50a |
Total hip | 0.29b |
Femoral neck | 0.14 |
1/3 Radius | 0.18 |
Ultradistal radius | 0.39c |
Radius HR-pQCT | |
Cortical area | 0.40c |
Cortical porosity | −0.05 |
Cortical density | 0.26 |
Cortical thickness | 0.40c |
Trabecular area | −0.06 |
Trabecular density | 0.37c |
Trabecular no. | 0.28 |
Trabecular thickness | 0.40c |
Trabecular separation | −0.33a |
Trabecular heterogeneity | −0.34a |
Whole-bone stiffness | 0.62a |
Failure load | 0.47a |
Tibia HR-pQCT | |
Cotrical area | 0.32b |
Cortical porosity | −0.37b |
Cortical density | 0.37b |
Cortical thickness | 0.27 |
Trabecular area | 0.06 |
Trabecular density | 0.27 |
Trabecular no. | 0.20 |
Trabecular thickness | 0.21 |
Trabecular separation | −0.21 |
Trabecular heterogeneity | −0.20 |
Whole-bone stiffness | 0.32 |
Failure load | 0.25 |
DXA, dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry; HR-pQCT, high-resolution peripheral computed tomography.
P<0.001.
P<0.05.
P<0.01.