Value of Hounsfield units measured by chest computed tomography for assessing bone density in the thoracolumbar segment of the thoracic spine.

Study Design: A retrospective study.

Purpose: To investigate the correlation between Hounsfield unit (HU) values measured by chest computed tomography (CT) and dual-energy Xray absorptiometry (DXA) T-scores. HU-based thoracolumbar (T11 and T12) cutoff thresholds were calculated for a cohort of Chinese patients.

Efficacy of Opportunistic Screening with Chest CT in Identifying Osteoporosis and Osteopenia in Patients with T2DM.

Purpose: To explore the validity of the thoracic spine Hounsfield Unit (HU) measured by chest computed tomography (CT) for opportunistic screening of diabetic osteoporosis. The current study attempted to establish a diagnostic threshold for thoracic spine HU in a type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) population with osteoporosis.

Patients And Methods: The current study retrospectively included 334 patients with T2DM.

The association between weight-adjusted-waist index and total bone mineral density in adolescents: NHANES 2011-2018.

Introduction: The weight-adjusted waist index (WWI) serves as an innovative obesity measure, seemingly surpassing body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) in evaluating lean and fat mass. This study aimed to explore the relationship between WWI and total bone mineral density (BMD) in US adolescents.

Methods: This population-based study investigated adolescents aged 8-19 years with comprehensive WWI and total BMD data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2011-2018.