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We compared the results of microdensitometry of the second metacalpal with those of histomorphometry of the biopsied iliac spongiosa in metabolically normal subjects, thirty seven females and twenty males, with the mean age of 44.7 years. Correlation coefficient with bone area was 0.681 for MCI (p<0.001), −0.679 for d (p<0.001), 0.650 for ΔGSmin (p<0.001), 0.635 for E (p<0.001), 0.600 for ΔGSmax (p<0.001), 0.563 for ΣGS/D (p<0.001), −0.226 for D (N.S.), 0.179 for F · GS(N.S.). Correlation between parameters of histomorphometry of iliac biopsy specimen and each index of metacalpal microdensitometry was generally high.
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Nishizawa, Y., Ohno, A., Amagai, H. et al. Correlation between microradiodensitometric data on the second metacarpal and histomorphometric values on biopsied iliac spongiosa. J Bone Miner Metab 6, 47–50 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02378740
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02378740