Open AccessThe role of using different reference population in the prevalence of low BMD in the thalassemia patients
Author(s) -
Mohammad Reza MohajeriTehrani,
Najmeh Darvishian,
Faezeh Arab,
Sedigheh Salemkar,
Fariba Mohseni,
Bagher Larijani,
Z Hamidi
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of diabetes and metabolic disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.619
H-Index - 33
ISSN - 2251-6581
DOI - 10.1007/s40200-019-00455-6
Subject(s) - medicine , osteoporosis , densitometry , thalassemia , femur , standard score , bone mineral , population , gold standard (test) , normal values , dual energy , surgery , mathematics , environmental health , statistics
Prevalence of osteoporosis reported as high as 50% in thalassemia major patients. We compared bone density (BMD) of our patients with results of bone densitometry of participants of a national study, to find if BMD diagnosis is ethnicity sensitive or not.
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