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Table 3 Distribution of T-scores by age and sex

From: Screening for low bone mass with quantitative ultrasonography in a community without dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry: population-based survey

 

Normal T-Score

-2.5 < T-score < -1

T-score ≤ -2.5

Age stratum (y)

Men

Women

Men*

Women†

Men*

Women*

40–49

399 (64.6)

712 (61.6)

195 (31.6)

366 (31.7)

24 (3.9)

78 (6.7)

50–59

383 (57.5)

466 (47.0)

236 (35.4)

361 (36.4)

47 (7.1)

164 (16.5)

60–69

423 (48.0)

166 (19.4)

340 (38.5)

302 (38.1)

119 (13.5)

325 (41.0)

70–79

191 (39.6)

71 (12.0)

188 (39.0)

174 (29.4)

103 (21.4)

347 (58.6)

≥80

52 (36.1)

10 (5.9)

59 (41.0)

40 (23.7)

33 (22.9)

119 (70.4)

Total

1448 (51.9)

1425 (38.5)

1018 (36.5)

1243 (33.6)

326 (11.7)

1033 (27.9)

  1. Data are the number (percentage).
  2. *p ≤ 0.001 on Mantel-Haenszel chi-square test for the trend.
  3. †Not significant on Mantel-Haenszel chi-square test for the trend.