What is a good bone scan score?
DXA Scan Results T-score of -1.0 or above = normal bone density. T-score between -1.0 and -2.5 = low bone density, or osteopenia.
What is a normal bone density score?
A T score of -1 to +1 is considered normal bone density. A T score of -1 to -2.5 indicates osteopenia (low bone density). A T score of -2.5 or lower is bone density low enough to be categorized as osteoporosis.
How do I read my bone scan results?
A T-score of 0 means your bone density is equal to that of a healthy young adult. The lower the T-score, the lower the bone density: A score of –1.0 to +1.0 means you have normal bone density. A score between –1.0 to –2.5 means you have low bone density (osteopenia).
What should my bone percentage be for my age?
The average bone content for adults is 3-5%. This measurement is good to keep track over a long period of time as bone mass can decline slowly with age.
What is normal bone density for a 50 year old female?
Analysis of the mean bone density scores showed a confidence interval (at level of significance 95%) of 1.159 g/cm2 to 1.185 g/cm2 for women aged 40-44 years and 1.105 g/cm2 to 1.141 g/cm2 for women aged 50-54 years.
What does a spot on a bone scan mean?
Bone scans are used primarily to detect the spread of metastatic cancer. Because cancer cells multiply rapidly, they will appear as a hot spot on a bone scan. This is due to the increased bone metabolism and bone repair in the area of the cancer cells.
What bone mass is normal?
As shown in the table below, a T-score between +1 and −1 is considered normal or healthy. A T-score between −1 and −2.5 indicates that you have low bone mass, although not low enough to be diagnosed with osteoporosis….The T-score.
| Level | Definition |
|---|---|
| Normal | Bone density is within 1 SD (+1 or −1) of the young adult mean. |