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Using HUs to infer bone quality has a thorough clinical relevance as it could triage patients at risk for osteoporotic and fragility fractures or modify surgical indications.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Methods.<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>A systematic review in Cochrane Library, Medline, Scopus and Web of Science was performed, using the following query: \u201chounsfield units\u201d AND (\u201costeoporosis\u201d OR \u201cspine\u201d OR \u201cbone mineral density\u201d OR \u201cdual x-ray absorptiometry\u201d). We included 18 cohort studies that compared HU value obtained from computed tomography and t score of DXA for predicting regional BMD.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Results.<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>A total of 18 studies were included, enrolling 5307 patients. The HU measurement was most frequently made at L1 (N\u200a=\u200a3; 18.8%). The mean HU values differentiated based on BMD measured through DXA were reported in seven studies, with values from 54.7 to 130 for osteoporotic, 78.8 to 146 for osteopenic, and from 120.8 to 230 in normal patients. Eight studies identified thresholds for diagnosing osteoporosis through receiver-operating characteristic (ROC) curves, with values ranging from 0.66 to 0.96. Medium HU values reported as diagnostic of osteoporosis ranged between 110 and 150, after exclusion of the two papers presenting outlier values. We infer an HU interval value of 90.9 to 138.7 (95% CI, <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\u200a\n                                 <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">&lt;<\/jats:italic>\u200a0.001) for the diagnosis osteoporosis.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Conclusions.<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Present data evidence favorable results regarding the possibility of establishing a threshold value for osteoporosis diagnosis from CT measurements of HU. Prospective large-scale studies are needed to more robustly infer the possibility of quantifying BMD based on CT as a screening test and infer a prognostic value of the CT-based evaluation.<\/jats:p>\n            <jats:p>\n                                 <jats:bold>Level of Evidence:<\/jats:bold> 2<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1097\/brs.0000000000004211","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,9,1]],"date-time":"2021-09-01T16:55:03Z","timestamp":1630515303000},"page":"702-710","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":68,"title":["Efficacy of Hounsfield Units Measured by Lumbar Computer Tomography on Bone Density Assessment: A Systematic Review"],"prefix":"10.1097","volume":"47","author":[{"given":"Eduardo Moreira","family":"Pinto","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Orthopedic and Traumatology Surgery, Spine Division, Entre Douro e Vouga Hospital Center, S.M.Feira, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Joao Rocha","family":"Neves","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Consultant of Angiology and Vascular Surgery at Centro Hospitalar S\u00e3o Jo\u00e3o, Porto, Portugal;Biomedicine Department\u2014Unit of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Portugal."}]},{"given":"Artur","family":"Teixeira","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Orthopedic and Traumatology Surgery, Spine Division, Entre Douro e Vouga Hospital Center, S.M.Feira, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Ricardo","family":"Frada","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Orthopedic and Traumatology Surgery, Spine Division, Entre Douro e Vouga Hospital Center, S.M.Feira, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Pedro","family":"Atilano","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Orthopedic and Traumatology Surgery, Spine Division, Entre Douro e Vouga Hospital Center, S.M.Feira, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Filipa","family":"Oliveira","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Orthopedic and Traumatology Surgery, Spine Division, Entre Douro e Vouga Hospital Center, S.M.Feira, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Tania","family":"Veigas","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Orthopedic and Traumatology Surgery, Spine Division, Entre Douro e Vouga Hospital Center, S.M.Feira, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Antonio","family":"Miranda","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Orthopedic and Traumatology Surgery, Spine Division, Entre Douro e Vouga Hospital Center, S.M.Feira, Portugal"}]}],"member":"276","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,8,30]]},"reference":[{"key":"R1-20250501","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"59","DOI":"10.1007\/s11657-020-0706-y","article-title":"Fragility fractures in Europe: burden, management and opportunities","volume":"15","author":"Borgstr\u00f6m","year":"2020","journal-title":"Arch Osteoporos"},{"key":"R2-20250501","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"74","DOI":"10.1007\/s11926-018-0784-7","article-title":"Opportunistic screening for osteoporosis using computed tomography: state of the art and argument for paradigm shift","volume":"20","author":"Lenchik","year":"2018","journal-title":"Curr Rheumatol Rep"},{"key":"R3-20250501","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"509","DOI":"10.1007\/s11914-017-0404-x","article-title":"Vertebral imaging in the diagnosis of osteoporosis: a clinician's perspective","volume":"15","author":"Chou","year":"2017","journal-title":"Curr Osteoporos Rep"},{"key":"R4-20250501","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"136","DOI":"10.1007\/s11657-013-0136-1","article-title":"Osteoporosis in the European Union: medical management, epidemiology and economic burden. 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