Table 3.
Comparison of the screening results 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 measurements of the lumbar spine from dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) in postmenopausal female patients with type 2 diabetes (n = 404).
| Screening classification |
Lumbar spine (L1–L4) T-score |
All | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ≤–2.5 | –2.5 < T-score < –1 | ≥–1 | ||
| OSTA | ||||
| Medium–high risk | 58 (14.4%） | 97 (24.0%) | 94 (23.3%) | 249 (61.6%) |
| Low risk | 33 (8.2%） | 54 (13.4%) | 68 (16.8%) | 155 (38.4%) |
| OSTC | ||||
| At risk | 87 (21.5%） | 138 (34.2%) | 139 (34.4%) | 364 (90.1%) |
| No risk | 4 (1.0%） | 13 (3.2%) | 23 (5.7%) | 40 (9.9%) |
| DXA | 91 (22.5%） | 151 (37.4%) | 162 (40.1%) | 404 (100.0%) |
Data presented as n of 404 patients (%).