Differences in site-specific fracture risk among older women with discordant results for osteoporosis at hip and spine: study of osteoporotic fractures Journal Article uri icon
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abstract
  • To examine the fracture pattern in older women whose bone mineral density (BMD) T-score criteria for osteoporosis at hip and spine disagree, hip and spine BMD were measured in Study of Osteoporotic Fractures participants using dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA). Hip osteoporosis was defined as T-score

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    publication date
  • 2008
  • published in
    Research
    keywords
  • Absorptiometry, Photon
  • Aged
  • Analysis of Variance
  • Bone Density
  • Chi-Square Distribution
  • Hip Fractures/*diagnostic imaging/*etiology
  • Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal/*complications
  • Proportional Hazards Models
  • Prospective Studies
  • Risk Factors
  • Spinal Fractures/*diagnostic imaging/*etiology
  • Additional Document Info
    volume
  • 11
  • issue
  • 2