Table 2.

The results of BMD assessment using DEXA and DECT

	DXA	DECT
Patients (n)	47	47
Lumbar vertebrae (n)	186	186
Mean BMD	0.985 ± 0.306 g/cm2	86.8 ± 33.5 mg/cm3
Range	0.661–1.420 g/cm2	28.5–289.1 mg/cm3
Diagnosis of osteoporosis (n)	10a	17b

BMD body mass density, DEXA dual energy X-ray absorptiometry, DECT duale energy computed tomography

^aAccording to WHO guidelines [1]

^bAccording to ACR guidelines [18]