Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 1 World Health Organization cutoffs used in the diagnosis of osteoporosis (BMD at the hip)
Normal bone | T-score > − 1 SD |
Osteopenia | T-score between − 1 and − 2.5 SD |
Osteoporosis | T-score < − 2.5 SD |
Established (severe) osteoporosis | T-score < − 2.5 SD + fragility fracture |