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Table 1 Main Characteristics of the study population

From: Prediction of osteoporosis and osteopenia by routine computed tomography of the lumbar spine in different regions of interest

Variable

DXA-based BMD category

Normal

Osteopenia

Osteoporosis

Gender

   

 N (Male)

12

4

1

 N (Female)

21

36

26

Age (years)

55.00 (39.50,66.00)

66.00 (59.50,75.00)

69.00 (65.00,76.00)

BMI (kg/m2)

24.82 (21.52,27.22)

25.60 (22.80,27.47)

23.14 (20.78,26.06)

L1–L4 BMD (g/cm2)

1.24 (1.10,1.28)

0.99 (0.94,1.04)

0.77 (0.64,0.84)

Neck BMD (g/cm2)

0.91 (0.87,1.01)

0.74 (0.68,0.83)

0.65 (0.58,0.72)