The T-score is a comparison of a patient's BMD to that of a healthy thirty-year-old. From Wordnik.com. [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Densitometry results are generally scored by two measures, the T-score and the Z-score. From Wordnik.com. [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference
The delayed group received it only if the T-score dropped below two or a clinical fracture occurred. From Wordnik.com. [Newswise: Latest News] Reference
Cost-effective scenarios were projected for women with strong risk factors and with a T-score above the threshold for osteoporosis. From Wordnik.com. [Presseportal] Reference
FRAX calculator identifies patients who are at high risk of fracture but would not be candidates for preventative therapy using the traditional T-score. From Wordnik.com. [Hologic Encourages Health Professionals to Get the Facts About Women's Imaging at RSNA 2010 - Yahoo! Finance] Reference
However, physicians treating postmenopausal women under 75 with similar fractures have to demonstrate that the patient has bones scoring -2.5 or less on the 'T-score,' a measure of bone mass, to prescribe alendronate. From Wordnik.com. [EurekAlert! - Breaking News] Reference
Of course, she didn’t call me back with the T-score. From Wordnik.com. [Sailing Through September] Reference
Patients in the study had either: 1) a BMD T-score ‰ ¤-2 at the femoral neck and ‰ ¤-1 at the lumbar spine, 2) a BMD T-score ‰ ¤-2 at the lumbar spine and ‰ ¤-1 at the femoral neck, or 3) a baseline osteoporotic fracture and a BMD T-score ‰ ¤-1 at the femoral neck. From Wordnik.com. Reference
2) a baseline osteoporotic fracture and a BMD T-score ‰ ¤-1 at the femoral neck. From Wordnik.com. Reference
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