Table 4.
Real Data From 1000 65‐Year‐Old White Women Undergoing Screening DXA Studies
| Variable | Real data |
|---|---|
| Height in inches (SD) | 63.9 (2.6) |
| Weight in lbs (SD) | 156.0 (35.3) |
| L1‐L4 BMD in g/cm2 (SD) | 1.03 (0.19) |
| L1‐L4 BMD T‐score (SD) | −0.90 (1.50) |
| Femoral neck BMD in g/cm2 (SD) | 0.77 (0.13) |
| Femoral neck BMD T‐score (SD) | −1.54 (0.93) |
| Total hip BMD in g/cm2 (SD) | 0.86 (0.13) |
| Total hip T‐score (SD) | −0.97 (1.04) |
| Diabetes mellitus (n, %) | 71 (7.1%) |
| Prior fracture, n (%) | 24 (2.4%) |
| Calcium/vitamin D supplementation | 603 (60.3%) |
| Congruence | |
| No. of patients with all three BMD T‐scores congruent for a WHO diagnosis of osteoporosis (%) | 26 (2.6%) |
| No. of patients with all three BMD T‐scores congruent for a WHO diagnosis of osteopenia (%) | 183 (18.3%) |
| No. of patients with all three BMD T‐scores congruent for a WHO diagnosis of a normal BMD (%) | 202 (20.2%) |
| Total | 411 (41.1%) |
| Diagnoses | |
| WHO diagnosis of osteoporosis (%) | 226 (22.6%) |
| Statistics‐based diagnosis of osteoporosis (%) | 373 (37.3%) |
| WHO diagnosis of osteopenia (%) | 572 (57.2%) |
| Statistics‐based diagnosis of osteopenia (%) | 468 (46.8%) |
| WHO diagnosis of normal BMD (%) | 202 (20.2%) |
| Statistics‐based diagnosis of normal BMD (%) | 159 (15.9%) |