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This is a Cohort Study study (also classified as: Quantitative Study).

October 2, 2025Open Access

A preliminary study of thoracic CT screening combined with quantitative CT for the determination of bone density in the thoracic spine

Key Points

Thoracic spine BMD demonstrated a gradual decrease from cephalad to pedicle, indicating a potential link to osteoporosis.
Mean values of BMD between thoracic (T1-T12) and lumbar (L1-L3) spines showed a statistically significant difference (P<0.05).
Comparisons of thoracic BMD across different vertebrae combinations to lumbar spine BMD also yielded significant results (P<0.05).
Gender differences in thoracic vertebral bone density were not statistically significant, indicating a uniform pattern.

Abstract

Abstract Objective To explore the diagnostic value of thoracic spine bone density in QCT bone density measurement. Methods The CT imaging data of 149patients whose thoracic CT examinations included the whole thoracic spine and lumbar spine(L1-L3) were retrospectively analysed, and the paired～sample t～test in SPSS25.0 statistical software was applied to analyse and compare the inter～vertebral bone mineral density; and the distribution characteristics of thoracic spine BMD were compared between different genders using the independent～sample t～test. Results Thoracic spine BMD decreased gradually from cephalad to pedicle. The trend of thoracic spine BMD was decreasing at different ages. Comparison of the mean values of BMD between thoracic spine(T1-T12) and lumbar spine(L1-L3) were statistically significant (PP 0.05). Conclusion Thoracic BMD has a pattern of gradual decrease from cephalad to pedicle, which is suggestive for predicting osteoporosis, but it is not feasible to diagnose osteoporosis directly using the diagnostic criteria of lumbar BMD for thoracic BMD.

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