BMD interpretation mistakes - case 5


  Feb 1997 May 1998 % change
T-score, fem. neck -4.56 -3.87 15% increase
T-score, total hip -4.56 -4.24 7% increase
g/cm2, fem. neck 0.438 0.420 4% decrease
g/cm2, total hip 0.427 0.425 0.5% decrease

A 72 year old woman with severe osteoporosis had this hip bone density.

Did her bone density improve?

Updated 8/8/05