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Methods: 188 patients scheduled for TKA underwent preoperative cBMD assessment of the lumbar spine and femoral neck. During surgery, femoral bone specimens were collected for indentation tests. We compared distal femoral bone strength among osteoporosis classification groups (normal, osteopenia, osteoporosis) and examined the distribution of cementless suitable versus cemented mandatory cases with chi-square tests. ROC analysis evaluated cBMD\u2019s diagnostic performance in predicting cementless TKA suitability, with AUC, sensitivity, and specificity calculated for both measurement sites. Results: No significant differences in distal femoral bone strength existed between osteopenia and osteoporosis groups (p = 0.845 for lumbar spine, p = 0.857 for femoral neck). Among patients with normal cBMD, 35.4% (lumbar spine) and 30.7% (femoral neck) were unsuitable for cementless TKA, whereas 30.8% and 45.0% of osteoporotic patients, respectively, had adequate bone strength for cementless fixation. The AUC values for predicting cementless suitability were 0.656 (lumbar spine) and 0.669 (femoral neck), with sensitivity and specificity below 0.75 for both measurements. Conclusions: Central BMD does not reliably represent distal femoral bone strength and demonstrates inadequate predictive capability for identifying appropriate candidates for cementless TKA in this predominantly Asian female cohort. Future multi-center, multi-ethnic studies are needed to enhance generalizability.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm14207384","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,20]],"date-time":"2025-10-20T12:27:29Z","timestamp":1760963249000},"page":"7384","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Central Bone Mineral Density Is Not a Reliable Surrogate for Assessing Suitable Bone Strength for Cementless Total Knee Arthroplasty"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7798-5894","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Dong Hwan","family":"Lee","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Yeouido St. Mary\u2019s Hospital, Seoul 07345, Republic of Korea"},{"name":"Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5129-688X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Dai-Soon","family":"Kwak","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Catholic Institute for Applied Anatomy, Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3321-1085","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yong Deok","family":"Kim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Republic of Korea"},{"name":"Joint Replacement Center, Eunpyeong St. Mary\u2019s Hospital, Seoul 03312, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0008-5909-7122","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Nicole","family":"Cho","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, 123 Metro Blvd, Nutley, NJ 07100, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7941-1587","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"In Jun","family":"Koh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Republic of Korea"},{"name":"Joint Replacement Center, Eunpyeong St. Mary\u2019s Hospital, Seoul 03312, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,19]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2158","DOI":"10.1016\/j.arth.2024.04.029","article-title":"Demographic and Socioeconomic Trends of Patients Undergoing Total Knee Arthroplasty from 2013 to 2022-An Analysis from an Urban Orthopaedic Hospital","volume":"39","author":"Ashkenazi","year":"2024","journal-title":"J. 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