Bone Density

Osteoporosis is diagnosed by bone density measurement (Bone Densitometry), whereby the scale is according to the criteria of the World Health Organisation (WHO). The standard deviation from the average value of a large control group of younger women (t-score) is the scale for the bone density values.

.Normal bone .greater than ..1 STD
.Osteopenia .smaller than ..1 STD
.Osteoporosis  .smaller than - 2.5 STD
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