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Researchers in Lausanne, Switzerland conducted a study "To derive a prediction rule by using prospectively obtained clinical and bone ultrasonographic (US) data to identify elderly women at risk for osteoporotic fractures. The study was approved by the Swiss Ethics Committee."
"A prediction rule was computed by using data from a 3-year prospective multicenter study to assess the predictive value of heel-bone quantitative US in 6174 Swiss women aged 70-85 years. A quantitative US device to calculate the stiffness index at the heel was used. Baseline characteristics, known risk factors for osteoporosis and fall, and the quantitative US stiffness index were used to elaborate a predictive rule for osteoporotic fracture. Predictive values were determined by using a univariate Cox model and were adjusted with multivariate analysis. There were five risk factors for the incidence of osteoporotic fracture: older age (> 75 years) (P
The researchers concluded: "A prediction rule obtained by using quantitative US stiffness index and four clinical risk factors helped discriminate, with high sensitivity, women at higher versus those at lower risk for osteoporotic fracture."
Guessous and colleagues published the results of their research in Radiology (Osteoporotic fracture ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Researchers from University of Lausanne publish findings in bone...