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i guess different scales are used in different places. Here -2.1 is considered osteoporosis

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kayabbott | @kayabbott | Nov 2 7:34pm

Tis what the doctors listed for a post-menopausal woman, the ranges for normal, osteopenia, and osteoporosis. Here are some pubs that give background info and list -2.5 as the T score boundary for osteoporosis in older women: https://www.niams.nih.gov/health-topics/bone-mineral-density-tests-what-numbers-mean https://www.ccjm.org/content/87/4/205