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Article: Study results from Lund University broaden understanding of osteoporosis.
- Article from:
- Women's Health Weekly
- Article date:
- November 12, 2009
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"We used dual X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) to measure calcaneal bone mineral density (BMD) and estimate the prevalence of osteoporosis in a population with distal forearm fracture and a normative cohort. Patients 20 to 80 years of age with distal forearm fracture treated at one emergency hospital during two consecutive years were invited to calcaneal BMD measurement; 270 women (81%) and 64 men (73%) participated," scientists in Lund, Sweden report (see also Osteoporosis).
"A DXA heel scanner estimated BMD (g/cm(2)) arid T-scores. Osteoporosis was defined as T-score
The researchers concluded: "BMD impairment is associated with increased odds ratio for forearm ...
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