From: High prevalence of osteoporosis in patients undergoing spine surgery in China
Variables | Total | 50-59 | 60-69 | ≥70 | P |
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Female | |||||
 n of DXA | 543 | 195 | 272 | 76 |  |
 Age (years) | 62.24±7.77 | 54.82±2.74 | 63.56±2.81 | 76.92±5.01 |  |
 n of osteoporosis by DXA (n %) | 257(47.3%) | 43(22.1%) | 161(59.2%) | 53(69.7%) | <0.001* |
 n of osteopenia by DXA (n %) | 238(43.8%) | 127(65.1%) | 96(35.3%) | 15(19.7%) | <0.001* |
 n of patients with fragility VFs in osteoporosis (n %) | 120(46.7%) | 8(18.6%) | 86(53.4%) | 26(49.1%) | <0.001* |
 n of patients with fragility VFs in osteopenia (n %) | 52(21.8%) | 30(23.6%) | 21(21.9%) | 1(6.7%) | 0.168 |
 n of patients with fragility VFs in normal BMD (n %) | 3(6.3%) | 1(4.0%) | 2(13.3%) | 0 | |
 n of osteoporosis by DXA and VRA (n %) | 312(57.5%) | 74(37.9%) | 184(67.6%) | 57(71.1%) | <0.001* |
Male | |||||
 n of DXA | 507 | 216 | 235 | 56 |  |
 Age (years) | 61.47±7.81 | 54.06±2.88 | 64.47±2.57 | 76.13±4.56 |  |
 n of osteoporosis by DXA (n %) | 74(14.6%) | 28(13.0%) | 31(13.2%) | 15(26.8%) | 0.023* |
 n of osteopenia by DXA (n %) | 240(47.3%) | 89(41.2%) | 125(53.2%) | 26(46.4%) | 0.039* |
 n of patients with fragility VFs in osteoporosis (n %) | 18(24.3%) | 4(14.3%) | 3(9.8%) | 11(73.3%) | <0.001* |
 n of patients with fragility VFs in osteopenia (n %) | 56(23.3%) | 23(25.8%) | 28(22.4%) | 5(19.2%) | 0.828 |
 n of patients with fragility VFs in normal BMD (n %) | 40(20.7%) | 21(21.2%) | 16(20.3%) | 3(20.0%) | |
 n of osteoporosis by DXA and VRA (n %) | 170(33.5%) | 72(33.3%) | 75(31.9%) | 23(41.1%) | 0.426 |