Table 4.
Concordance between BMD- and BUA-based classification of bone status in 575 women and 314 men aged 50 years and older, stratified by gender.
| FNBMD: Osteoporosis |
FNBMD: Osteopenia |
FNBMD: Normal |
Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women | ||||
| BUA: low | 2 (2.2) | 2 (0.6) | 1 (0.6) | 5 (0.9) |
| BUA: medium | 60 (65.2) | 126 (40.0) | 37 (22.2) | 223 (38.8) |
| BUA: normal | 30 (32.6) | 188 (59.4) | 129 (77.2) | 347 (60.3) |
| Total | 92 (100.0) | 316 (100.0) | 167 (100.0) | 575 (100.0) |
| Men | ||||
| BUA: low | 0 | 3 (2.1) | 0 | 3 (1.0) |
| BUA: medium | 4 (40.0) | 45 (31.0) | 30 (18.9) | 79 (25.1) |
| BUA: normal | 6 (60.0) | 97 (66.9) | 129 (81.1) | 232 (73.9) |
| Total | 10 (100.0) | 145 (100.0) | 159 (100.0) | 314 (100.0) |
Numbers in brackets are columnwise percentages.
BUA, broadband ultrasound attenuation; FN, femur neck; BMD, bone mineral density.