Open AccessEffective risk assessment tools for osteoporosis in the Indian menopausal female
Author(s) -
Seema Sharma,
Sunila Khandelwal
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of mid-life health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.423
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 0976-7819
pISSN - 0976-7800
DOI - 10.4103/0976-7800.76217
Subject(s) - medicine , osteoporosis , confidence interval , osteopenia , receiver operating characteristic , body mass index , menopause , cutoff , physical therapy , bone mineral , risk assessment , gynecology , obstetrics , physics , quantum mechanics , computer security , computer science
This study was designed to assess the effectiveness of self-administered osteoporosis risk score sheet, body mass index (BMI), and bone mineral density (BMD) (ultrasound) in screening females with low bone mass, and how the results of the tools correlate with each other.