| Objective To investigate the diagnosis of lumbar osteoporosis(OP) in postmenopausal patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus(T2DM) using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry(DXA) and quantitative computed tomography(QCT), and to analyze influencing factors. Methods A total of 156 postmenopausal T2DM patients in our hospital from January 2021 to June 2023 were enrolled. All patients underwent DXA and QCT to measure lumbar bone mineral density(BMD).Diagnostic thresholds for OP were defined as T-score ≤-2.5 SD (DXA1 group) or ≤-2.0 SD(DXA2 group) for DXA,and QCT-based criteria for the QCT group.General clinical data,biochemical parameters, bone turnover markers(BTMs), DXA-derived areal BMD (aBMD),and QCT-derived volumetric BMD(vBMD) were collected and compared.The collected data were statistically analyzed using SPSS software. Results ①The OP detection rates in postmenopausal T2DM patients were 32.7% (51/156) for DXA1 group,46.8% (73/156) for DXA2 group,and 45.5% (71/156) for QCT group (P<0.05 for DXA1 group vs DXA2/QCT group). Concordance rates between DXA1 group and QCT group, and DXA2 group and QCT group were 86.3%(44/51) and 84.9%(62/73), respectively. ②Correlation analysis revealed positive associations between L1-4 DXA T-scores, L1-4 aBMD, hip DXA T-scores, hip aBMD, and L1-2vBMD(P<0.05). Linear regression identified age, disease duration, HbA1c, serum phosphorus, and creatinine as influencing factors for L1-4 aBMD, while age, disease duration, body mass index(BMI),HbA1c,serum calcium, albumin,alkaline phosphatase,and β-CTX influenced L1-2vBMD(P<0.05). ③Binary regression analysis showed disease duration,BMI, HbA1c,and β-CTX were predictors for DXA-based OP diagnosis at T≤? 2.5; age, disease duration, BMI, HbA1c, β-CTX, and 25-hydroxyvitamin D(25OHD) influenced DXA diagnosis at T≤?2.0; age, disease duration, BMI, and β-CTX were predictors for QCT-based diagnosis(P<0.05). Conclusion Using T≤?2.0 as the diagnostic threshold, DXA demonstrated high consistency and detection rates with QCT for lumbar OP in postmenopausal T2DM patients, suggesting superior diagnostic value at this cutoff. |