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Table 5 Results of ROC analysis

From: Forearm bone mineral density predicts subsidence of titanium mesh cage after anterior cervical corpectomy and fusion in patients with cervical spondylosis

  1. The cut-off points were determined by maximizing the Youden index (secsitivity + specificity-1). For forearm BMD, the cut-off pointwas 0.38 g/cm2; for Mean HU value of lower vertebral body, it was 286.51 HU