Effectiveness of Bone Density Measurement for Predicting Osteoporotic Fractures in Clinical Practice | Zendy

William D. Leslie | Zendy; James F. Tsang | Zendy; Patrícia Caetano | Zendy; Lisa M. Lix | Zendy

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Effectiveness of Bone Density Measurement for Predicting Osteoporotic Fractures in Clinical Practice

Author(s) -

William D. Leslie,

James F. Tsang,

Patrícia Caetano,

Lisa M. Lix

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206

H-Index - 353

eISSN - 1945-7197

pISSN - 0021-972X

DOI - 10.1210/jc.2006-1415

Subject(s) - medicine , bone density , confidence interval , context (archaeology) , hip fracture , osteoporosis , population , hazard ratio , bone mineral , cohort , dual energy x ray absorptiometry , cohort study , environmental health , paleontology , biology

Bone density measurement with dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry is widely used for fracture risk assessment. It has not been established that published gradients of fracture risk from study populations can be directly applied to clinical populations.

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