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Table 2 TBLβ vs. BMD in over-50s women with/without bone fragility vertebral fracture

From: Fractal lacunarity of trabecular bone in vertebral MRI to predict osteoporotic fracture risk in over-fifties women. The LOTO study

Subjects

TBLβ

P

BMD

P

VF-

VF+

VF-

VF+

Overall

51 (28–101)

31 (23–60)

0.002

0.895 ± 0.107

0.875 ± 0.094

0.131

Osteopenic

47 (23–104)

38 (24–89)

0.123

0.953 ± 0.040

0.972 ± 0.071

0.071

Osteoporotic

52 (32–93)

30 (23–51)

0.001

0.803 ± 0.057

0.804 ± 0.069

0.351

Untreated

52 (29–107)

30 (23–53)

0.027

0.920 ± 0.106

0.885 ± 0.096

0.039

Treated

50 (26–93)

31 (23–62)

0.078

0.853 ± 0.095

1.025 ± 1.148

0.280

  1. Values are median (interquartile range) for TBLβ and mean ± standard deviation for BMD
  2. TBLβ: trabecular bone lacunarity parameter β; BMD: bone mineral density expressed in mg/cm2; VF+: with vertebral fracture; VF-: without vertebral fracture; P: Statistical significance for p ≤ 0.05
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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

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