Using opportunistic screening with abdominal CT to identify osteoporosis and osteopenia in patients with diabetes.
Rajesh K JainE LeeC MathaiF DakoP GogineniM G WeinerT VokesPublished in: Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA (2020)
Opportunistic osteoporosis screening with abdominal CT is useful in determining the need for DXA screening in subjects with diabetes. We propose L1 attenuation ≤ 135 HU as a reasonable threshold for detecting the T-score of ≤ - 1.5, which is likely associated with increased fragility in DM.