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This formula calculates the total percentage of patients that had osteopenia after 5 years so is incorrect.
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c
[(c+d)/ (a+b+c+d+e+f)] x 100
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This formula calculates the percentage of patients that had Osteopenia after 5 years of Denosumab so is correct. Remember, osteopenia is defined as a T score between –1 and –2.5.
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a
[(d)/ (b+d+f)] x 100
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This formula calculates the percentage of patients that had a normal bone mineral density after 5 years so is incorrect.
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d
[(e+f)/ (a+b+c+d+e+f)] x 100
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This formula calculates the percentage of patients that had a normal bone density after 5 years on Alendronic acid so is incorrect.
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e
[(e)/ (a+c+e)] x 100
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This formula calculates the total percentage of patients that had osteoporosis after 5 years. Remember a T score <-2.5 is diagnostic of osteoporosis.
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b
[(a+b)/ (a+b+c+d+e+f)] x 100
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A researcher decides to analyse his findings comparing the effect of denosumab and alendronic acid on bone mineral density after 5 years of treatment.

The findings are detailed in the table below.

| T score	| Alendronic acid | Denosumab |
| --- | --- | --- |
| T < -2.5 | 	a | b |
| –1 < T < –2.5 | c | d |
| T > -1 | e | f |

Which of the following options is the correct formula to calculate the percentage of patients that had osteopenia after 5 years of denosumab?
a