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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jan 14.
Published in final edited form as: Osteoporos Int. 2017 Nov 22;29(3):643–651. doi: 10.1007/s00198-017-4319-2

Table 5. Sensitivity (specificity) of various classifiers for hip fractures.

All hip fracture Femoral neck (FN) fracture Trochanteric (TR) fracture
Using NHANES 2005–2008 male FN BMD reference 0.948 (±0.124) g/cm2
T-Score < −2.5 0.46 (0.91) 0.45 (0.91) 0.48 (0.91)
FE strength < 3318 N 0.45 (0.82) 0.49 (0.82) 0.39 (0.82)
T-score < −2.5 or FE strength < 3318 N 0.57 (0.79) 0.62 (0.79) 0.53 (0.79)
Using NHANES 2005–2008 female FN BMD reference 0.884 (±0.113) g/cm2
T-Score < −2.5 0.32 (0.95) 0.31 (0.95) 0.36 (0.95)
FE strength < 3103 N 0.36 (0.88) 0.41 (0.88) 0.30 (0.88)
T-score < −2.5 or FE strength < 3103 N 0.47 (0.86) 0.51 (0.86) 0.45 (0.86)