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Table 2 Values of bone density from all the vertebral bodies of cervical, thoracic and lumbal spine of each age group in mg/cm3

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

Age

Location

N

Median

Mean

Std. deviation

Range

10-19

C

17.00

265.16

267.47

45.28

195.84

 

T

17.00

201.28

211.00

36.31

154.89

 

L

17.00

189.62

198.61

33.50

151.02

20-29

C

25.00

235.50

244.66

37.32

146.34

 

T

25.00

187.08

194.18

27.18

108.62

 

L

25.00

181.19

187.07

23.58

94.52

30-39

C

36.00

248.35

255.72

50.83

223.14

 

T

36.00

195.26

192.84

30.29

129.14

 

L

36.00

177.21

179.22

28.76

123.22

40-49

C

25.00

241.10

254.97

48.10

187.36

 

T

25.00

181.68

183.43

25.87

103.00

 

L

25.00

158.00

161.31

23.49

80.10

50-59

C

39.00

213.68

216.86

53.32

297.61

 

T

39.00

145.72

148.39

27.89

145.38

 

L

39.00

112.65

122.30

29.10

138.49

60-69

C

28.00

193.17

203.15

43.60

166.17

 

T

28.00

144.65

147.16

29.07

109.78

 

L

28.00

114.76

119.66

28.76

118.93

70-79

C

18.00

181.28

182.37

41.85

174.52

 

T

18.00

128.79

130.00

30.94

127.86

 

L

18.00

99.29

96.69

31.48

140.82

80-89

C

12.00

174.13

171.75

37.75

129.21

 

T

12.00

125.55

118.38

29.52

92.80

 

L

12.00

97.55

96.07

27.16

79.37

Total

C

200.00

228.67

228.67

54.62

331.99

 

T

200.00

169.31

168.19

40.39

231.87

 

L

200.00

149.69

147.76

44.96

269.18

Age group

N

Mean (mg/cm3)

Median (mg/cm3)

Standard deviation

Minimum

Maximum

10-19 years

17

225.69

221.68

37.37

171.90

337.50

20-29 years

25

208.64

200.59

27.51

169.17

280.06

30-39 years

36

209.26

206.09

34.68

131.48

281.82

40-49 years

25

199.90

197.68

29.95

154.84

261.39

50-59 years

39

162.51

156.71

34.88

116.56

305.27

60-69 years

28

156.66

151.13

31.78

111.17

220.64

70-79 years

18

136.35

138.85

33.32

69.89

217.62

80-89 years

12

128.73

138.68

30.07

86.59

186.77

Total

200

181.54

181.60

44.59

69.89

337.50

  1. N number of cases, C Cervical, T Thoracic, L Lumbal