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Table 2 Performance of low thoracic vertebral bone mineral density (TBMD)

From: Bone mineral density in lower thoracic vertebra for osteoporosis diagnosis in older adults during CT lung cancer screening

  

Osteopenia + Osteoporosis

Osteoporosis

Osteopenia

Accuracy

PPV

NPV

Se

Sp

Accuracy

PPV

NPV

Se

Sp

Accuracy

PPV

NPV

Se

Sp

Population

one

TBMDa

88.4%

100.0%

62.4%

85.6%

100.0%

89.3%

97.9%

85.6%

75.0%

98.9%

77.5%

73.6%

80.0%

69.8%

82.9%

 

TBMDb

93.3%

98.9%

75.8%

92.7%

95.8%

94.3%

92.3%

95.3%

93.0%

95.1

87.4%

89.4%

86.2%

78.2%

93.6%

 

TTBMD

94.3%

96.2%

86.1%

96.7%

83.9%

94.1%

95.0%

95.8%

93.9%

94.3%

88.4%

86.1%

89.9%

85.1%

90.6%

Population

Two

TBMDa

77.3%

96.7%

63.0%

65.9%

96.2%

93.6%

100.0%

93.1%

55.0%

100%

76.6%

95.0%

70.3%

55.9%

97.3%

 

TBMDb

90.8%

92.3%

88.5%

92.1%

86.8%

99.2%

100%

99.2%

95.0%

99.2

90.1%

89.9%

91.7%

91.2%

90.4%

 

TTBMD

86.5%

80.7%

96.2%

97.3%

75.0%

98.6%

95.0%

99.2%

95.0%

99.2%

86.5%

96.2%

80.9%

74.6%

97.3%

  1. PPV: positive prediction value; NPV: negative positive value; Se: sensitivity; Sp: specificity
  2. a based on the thresholds of 120 mg/cm3 and 80 mg/cm3
  3. b based on the thresholds of 128 mg/cm3 and 91 mg/cm3