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Table 2 BMD of a Lumbar Spine Phantom with Various Thicknesses of Soft Tissue Equivalent Material

From: Simulated increased soft tissue thickness artefactually decreases trabecular bone score: a phantom study

Soft

Hologic Fast Array (Hfa)

Hologic HD (Hhd)

iDXA

Tissue

  

95%CI

  

95%CI

  

95%CI

(cm)

mean

SD

lower

upper

mean

SD

lower

upper

mean

SD

lower

upper

0

1.006

0.004

1.004

1.007

1.002

0.004

1.001

1.003

1.139

0.001

1.138

1.139

1

1.009

0.003

1.008

1.010

1.005*

0.004

1.004

1.007

1.136*

0.001

1.136

1.137

2.5

1.009

0.003

1.008

1.010

1.005*

0.003

1.004

1.006

1.132*

0.001

1.131

1.132

3.5

1.008

0.004

1.007

1.010

1.005*

0.002

1.004

1.006

1.129*

0.001

1.129

1.129

5

1.011*

0.004

1.009

1.012

1.008*

0.004

1.006

1.010

1.127*

0.001

1.127

1.128

7.5

1.019*

0.008

1.016

1.022

1.009*

0.005

1.007

1.011

1.126*

0.001

1.125

1.126

  1. * P < 0.05 as compared with soft tissue = 0 cm