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We investigated the discrepancy in BMD values assessed by quantitative computed tomography (QCT) between femurs in patients with and without scoliosis, also assessing if this difference can be related to spine convexity.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Abdominal CT examinations were retrospectively reviewed. An \u2018\u2018asynchronous\u2019\u2019 calibration of CT images was performed to obtain BMD values from QCT. Scoliosis was evaluated on the antero-posterior CT localizer to calculate the Cobb angle. Differences between aBMD and vBMD of femurs were assessed in both scoliotic and non-scoliotic subjects.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Final study cohort consisted of 263 subjects, 225 of them without scoliosis (85.6%) and 38 with scoliosis (14.4%). No significant differences were found in the general population without scoliosis, except for vBMD at the neck. Comparison of femurs in scoliotic patients showed statistically significant differences at neck aBMD \u22120.028 g\/cm\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      ,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.004), total femur aBMD (\u2212-0.032 g\/cm\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      ,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.008) and total femur vBMD (\u2212-8.9 mg\/cm\n                      <jats:sup>3<\/jats:sup>\n                      ,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.011), with lower BMD values on the convexity side. In 10 cases (26%) a change in the final T-score diagnosis was observed.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>QCT analysis demonstrated a difference in both areal and volumetric BMD between the two femurs of scoliotic patients, in relation to the side of the scoliotic curve. If these data will be confirmed by larger studies, bilateral femoral DXA acquisition may be proposed for these patients.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1007\/s00586-023-08020-9","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,11,11]],"date-time":"2023-11-11T09:01:45Z","timestamp":1699693305000},"page":"31-38","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Bone mineral density differences between femurs of scoliotic patients undergoing quantitative computed tomography analysis"],"prefix":"10.1007","volume":"33","author":[{"given":"Domenico","family":"Albano","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5926-4375","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Stefano","family":"Fusco","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Laura","family":"Mascitti","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Giorgio","family":"Buccimazza","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Enrico","family":"Gallazzi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Salvatore","family":"Gitto","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Luca Maria","family":"Sconfienza","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Carmelo","family":"Messina","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,11,11]]},"reference":[{"key":"8020_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"3","DOI":"10.1007\/s00198-018-4704-5","volume":"30","author":"JA Kanis","year":"2019","unstructured":"Kanis JA, Cooper C, Rizzoli R, Reginster JY (2019) European guidance for the diagnosis and management of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women. 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