Table 2.
Comparison of the scores for the two screening tools used to predict osteoporosis, the osteoporosis self-assessment tool for Asians (OSTA) and the osteoporosis screening tool for Chinese women (OSTC), compared with bone mineral density (BMD) measurements from dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry in the diagnosis of osteoporosis in postmenopausal female patients with type 2 diabetes (n = 404) stratified according to age.
| Age, years | Weight, kg | n | OSTA | OSTC |
Lumbar spine (L1–L4) |
Left femoral neck |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BMD | T-score | BMD | T-score | |||||
| 50–59 | 60.0 ± 9.1 | 67 | 1.03 ± 1.92 | 0.36 ± 10.71 | 1.06 ± 0.19 | –0.46 ± 1.55 | 0.89 ± 0.11 | –0.31 ± 0.93 |
| 60–69 | 59.8 ± 10.0 | 156 | –1.02 ± 2.09 | –20.01 ± 11.54 | 0.96 ± 0.19 | –1.28 ± 1.54 | 0.78 ± 0.12 | –1.28 ± 1.01 |
| 70–79 | 58.8 ± 10.1 | 131 | –3.10 ± 2.12 | –39.73 ± 11.68 | 0.91 ± 0.17 | –1.69 ± 1.44 | 0.70 ± 0.13 | –1.94 ± 1.09 |
| ≥80 | 57.4 ± 9.1 | 50 | –5.47 ± 2.00 | –62.14 ± 11.98 | 0.91 ± 0.19 | –1.66 ± 1.56 | 0.65 ± 0.14 | –2.37 ± 1.16 |
| All | 59.2 ± 10.1 | 404 | –1.90 ± 2.83 | –28.24 ± 21.89 | 0.96 ± 0.19 | –1.32 ± 1.57 | 0.75 ± 0.15 | –1.47 ± 1.22 |
Data presented as mean ± SD.