中国骨质疏松诊治精品.pptVIP

* * Sometimes T scores can be misleading, and one instance when they can be misleading is when a patient has a previous fracture. * Consider this case. Suppose that an 80-year-old Caucasian woman presents to your office with a DXA scan demonstrating that she has a T score at her femoral neck that is -2.5. She is accompanied by her 50-year-old daughter, who is approximately the same height, approximately the same weight, and also has a T score of her femoral neck that is -2.5. * Which woman do you think has a higher lifetime risk of fracturing her hip: the mother or the daughter, or do they h