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American Journal of Oral Medicine and Radiology

Volume 5, Issue 2, 2018
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American Journal of Oral Medicine and Radiology
Issn
XXX-XXXX (Print), 2394 - 7721 (Online)
Frequency
bi-annual
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editorajomr@mcmed.us
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Abstract
Title
A STUDY ON THE PREVALENCE AND RISK FACTORS OF T-SCORE DISCORDANCE BETWEEN THE TWO SKELETAL SITES
Author
Santosh Patil* and Pranav Mallya
Email
sbpatil@gmail.com
keyword
T-score, DEXA scan, lumbar spine.
Abstract
A statistical tool known as the T-score was chosen to depict the relative position of a patient in this continuum of fracture risk. The T-score is calculated by comparing patient’s measured BMD with mean BMD of healthy young adults, matched for gender and ethnic group, and expressing the difference in terms of standard deviation (SD).The present study was conducted in the department of Radio diagnosis and included 269 subjects referred by clinicians for DEXA scan. The participants were recruited in the study upon informed consent. The patient underwent bone mineral density at lumbar spine (L1 to L4) and total hip. In this study, among 269 patients, a total of 135 (50.1%) patients had discordance in their T score classification at hip and spine. Minor discordance was observed in 120 (44.6%) participants and major discordance was observed in 15 (5.6%) participants. In other 134 (49.8%) participants, T-score categories at two skeletal sites were not different.
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