I do believe you have to know your height and weight for that.

then there is a chart on the scan, should be on one side that gives the
normal reading for a person.

See if that is there.
Other wise look up dexa scan and see how it says it.  I am not really sure,
but I can decipher mine by that scale that is on my sheet, and box with
lines in it.

good luck
janers

IIRC these are standard deviations away from the norm. SO your lumbar
area is better than the norm for your age group, and the hip is -1.3
sds below what is the "norm" for your age group and so on.

I am not sure if that puts you into the osteopenia range or not.

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According to: http://www.ircdexa.com/dexa.htm#results
"The current treatment recommendations are the start of drug therapy
to reduce the risk fracture for all women with a bone mineral density
T score of less than -2 without other risk factors and for those with
a T score of less than -1.5 if other risk factors are present."

But most definitely check wit h your doc.
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