Table 2.

General characteristics of DXA guidelines included in the analysis

DXA guideline title	Country of origin	Year of publication	Organisation
Recommendations for Bone Mineral Density Reporting in Canada [8]	Canada	2005	Canadian Association of Radiologists
International Society for Clinical Densitometry 2007 Adult and Pediatric Official Positions [7]	USA	2008	International Society for Clinical Densitometry
ACR Appropriateness Criteria: Osteoporosis and Bone Mineral Density [10]	USA	2010	American College of Radiology (ACR)
ACR-SPR-SSR Practice Parameter for the Performance of Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry [9]	USA	2014	American College of Radiology (ACR), Society for Pediatric Radiology (SPR), Society of Skeletal Radiology (SSR)