Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry Interpretation: A Simple Equation for Height Correction in Preteenage Children

Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) results, even when corrected for age, gender, and ethnicity, can lead clinicians to erroneously diagnose osteoporosis in short healthy children and underdiagnose osteoporosis in tall children. We derived 2 simple equations for preteenagers