Osteoporosis is an important and common complication in patients with chronic liver disease. The goal of this study was to determine the bone mineral density (BMD) in different subgroups among pretransplant cirrhotic patients. BMD of the lumbar vertebrae (L) and femoral neck (F) were obtained in 104 consecutive cirrhotic patients. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to compare the BMD among various groups. The mean BMD in males (n ‫؍‬ 54) and females (n ‫؍‬ 50) at L were 1.28 ؎ 0.25 g/cm 2 and 1.13 ؎ 0.20 g/cm 2 , respectively (P ‫؍‬ .001); at F they were 1.03 ؎ 0.14 and 0.91 ؎ 0.17, respectively (P < .0001). Among males, BMD at L in Child-Turcotte-Pugh class B and C were 1.40 ؎ 0.21 and 1.13 ؎ 0.20, respectively (P ‫؍‬ .001); at F they were 1.11 ؎ 0.10 and 0.93 ؎ 0.13, respectively (P < .0001).

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