Table 1 Results of 2 operators measuring the trabecular vBMD of femoral head.

From: The comparison of bone mineral density of femoral head between non-hip fracture side and hip fracture side

Layer

Operator

Arithmetic Mean (mg/cm3)

Median (mg/cm3)

Inter-quartile range (mg/cm3)

Shapiro–Wilk test

Wilcoxon signed Rank test

Paired-sample T Test

Z

P

T

P

Upper

1

142.70 ± 36.34

139.73

(117.69, 164.84)

0.009

 − 1.446

0.148

2

140.92 ± 36.21

138.69

(114.70, 165.12)

Middle

1

156.07 ± 42.61

157.78

(126.97, 177.22)

0.755

1.978

0.050

2

154.83 ± 42.25

155.76

(124.25, 175.67)

Lower

1

144.41 ± 44.45

146.60

(112.35, 171.69)

0.000

 − 1.658

0.097

2

142.43 ± 43.80

141.44

(111.20, 167.70)