Table 2.

Values of BMD, T scores, Z scores of patients with SSc.

Article (Reference)LumbarTotal HipNeck of Femur
BMD, g/cm2T scoreZ scoreBMD, g/cm2T scoreZ scoreBMD, g/cm2T scoreZ score
La Montagna 199519NANANANANANANANANA
Neumann 200022NANANANANANANANANA
Rios Fernandez 201016NANA16.7% had < −1NANANANANA22.9% had < −1
D’Amore 200523NANANANANANANANANA
Frediani 200420Pre 1.159Pre 0.938
Post 0.952NANANANANAPost 0.816NANA
Frediani 2004210.98−2.48−1.1NANANA0.832−1.69−0.55
Carbone 1999240.98 ± 0.150.87 ± 1.30.243 ± 1.30.745 ± 0.15−1.89 ± 1.2−1.062 ± 1.2−0.671 ± 0.13−2.183 ± 1.31−0.923 ± 1.45
Di Munno 1995250.974 ± 0.143NANANANANANANANA
Hagdrup 198335NANANANANANANANANA
Dovio 2008270.92−1.45−0.470.85−0.82−0.34NANANA
Alexandersson 200734NAFemale −1.2 ± 1.4NANANANANAFemale −1.4 ± 1.1NA
Male −1.1 ± 1Male −2.1 ± 0.9
Sampaio-Barros 200033Pre −0.48 ± 1.04Pre −0.51 ± 1.51
NAPost −1.84 ± 1.58NANANANANAPost −1.51 ± 1.18NA
La Montagna 199118NANANANANANANANANA
Souza 2006290.83 ± 0.11NANANANANA0.64 ± 0.11NANA
Serup 198332NANANANANANANANANA
Sampaio-Barros 200528Pre 1.15 ± 0.12Pre 0.92 ± 0.18
Post 1.00 ± 0.21NANANANANAPost 0.81 ± 0.15
< 40 yrs (1.24 ± 0.29)
40–50 yrs (1.03 ± 0.13)
da Silva 199726NANANANANANA> 50 yrs (1.03 ± 0.18)NANA
Yuen 200830NA−1.011 ± 1.38NANA−1.52 ± 1.28NANA−2.067 ± 1.03NA
Zurek 200331NANANANANANANANANA
  • Pre: premenopausal; Post: postmenopausal; NA: not available; BMD: bone mineral density; SSc: systemic sclerosis.