Fracture Risk Assessment without Race/Ethnicity Information | Zendy

Shinya Ishii | Zendy; Gail A. Greendale | Zendy; Jane A. Cauley | Zendy; Carolyn Crandall | Zendy; MeiHua Huang | Zendy; Michelle E. Danielson | Zendy; Arun S. Karlamangla | Zendy

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Fracture Risk Assessment without Race/Ethnicity Information

Author(s) -

Shinya Ishii,

Gail A. Greendale,

Jane A. Cauley,

Carolyn Crandall,

MeiHua Huang,

Michelle E. Danielson,

Arun S. Karlamangla

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism

Language(s) - Uncategorized

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206

H-Index - 353

eISSN - 1945-7197

pISSN - 0021-972X

DOI - 10.1210/jc.2012-1997

Subject(s) - medicine , ethnic group , femoral neck , bone mineral , hazard ratio , dual energy x ray absorptiometry , bone density , prospective cohort study , demography , osteoporosis , confidence interval , anthropology , sociology

Dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry-derived bone mineral density (BMD) does not explain interracial differences in fracture risk; thus, BMD-based fracture risk assessment requires patient race/ethnicity information and ethnicity-specific BMD reference databases.

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