The Choice of Normative Pediatric Reference Database Changes Spine Bone Mineral Density Z-Scores But Not the Relationship Between Bone Mineral Density and Prevalent Vertebral Fractures
Author(s) -
Jinhui Ma,
Kerry Siminoski,
Nathalie Alos,
Jacqueline Halton,
Josephine Ho,
Brian C. Lentle,
MaryAnn Matzinger,
Nazih Shenouda,
Stephanie A. Atkinson,
Ronald D. Barr,
David A. Cabral,
Robert Couch,
Elizabeth A. Cummings,
Conrad V. Fernandez,
Ronald Grant,
Celia Rodd,
Anne Marie Sbrocchi,
Maya Scharke,
Frank Rauch,
Leanne M. Ward
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1945-7197
pISSN - 0021-972X
DOI - 10.1210/jc.2014-3096
Subject(s) - confidence interval , bone mineral , medicine , receiver operating characteristic , osteoporosis , reference database , odds ratio , logistic regression , standard score , nuclear medicine , lumbar spine , radiography , bone density , database , orthodontics , mathematics , statistics , surgery , computer science
Our objectives were to assess the magnitude of the disparity in lumbar spine bone mineral density (LSBMD) Z-scores generated by different reference databases and to evaluate whether the relationship between LSBMD Z-scores and vertebral fractures (VF) varies by choice of database.
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