healthy bone density of a 30-year-old person (the age of peak bone density). T-scores above 0 and slightly below 0 are within the normal range. Your score will tell you how far you are above or below ...

If your bone mineral density T-test score is between -1.1 and -2.4, this indicates osteopenia. You still have the chance to reverse it before developing into osteoporosis. Make sure you’re ...

Bone mineral density refers to the amount of minerals, namely calcium, in your bones. The bone density test is important for people who are at risk for osteoporosis. The bone density test is also ...

If you enter an out-of-range age, your entry will not be accepted and the calculated values will not be updated. Hologic values are adjusted to a common instrument model (QDR2000) prior to Z-score ...

Denosumab treatment significantly improves the probability of achieving target bone mineral density (BMD) T-scores among postmenopausal women with osteoporosis, with longer treatment durations ...

Reducing circulating estrogen levels increases osteoclast activity and, therefore, bone loss. 9 Not only is the balance of osteoblasts and osteoclasts altered, but the microenvironment of the ...

This is not surprising because there are many contributors to bone strength apart from BMD (see next section). New technologies (eg, ultra-high-resolution peripheral QCT, 3-dimensional [3D] DXA ...