Bone density of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine measured using Hounsfield units of computed tomography – results of 4350 vertebras

Table 1 Mean and median values of bone density from vertebral bodies of all patients in mg/cm³

Vertebral body	Mean	Median	Standard Deviation	Minimum	Maximum
C3	231.79	229.78	57.57	99.97	429,17
C4	239.53	237.94	57.91	103.04	456.39
C5	237.12	233.68	59.62	100.68	448.34
C6	222.28	220.90	55.17	104.70	441.95
C7	206.27	204.81	47.70	108.01	375.92
T1	198.10	198.18	49.66	62.57	357.93
T2	181.19	178.19	43.39	82.93	336.16
T3	177.66	177.36	42.70	84.82	340.42
T4	170.29	168.25	39.35	80.56	300.66
T5	165.45	163.87	39.50	66.60	309.89
T6	164.07	165.29	38.977	75.59	306.34
T7	161.85	162.92	40.230	66.36	288.59
T8	161.83	162.45	41.452	63.52	305.16
T9	161.84	164.81	41.985	31.57	299.71
T10	164.46	165.29	42.373	34.17	300.90
T11	161.32	161.50	42.420	65.29	298.53
T12	154.11	155.11	41.224	62.57	291.19
L1	152.03	156.53	42.821	55.00	298.77
L2	146.45	150.14	44.903	30.15	296.40
L3	143.45	146.35	43.832	51.81	298.29
L4	146.43	148.25	44.863	28.73	281.49
L5	155.13	157.71	49.513	27.31	314.62

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