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Study Finds High Incidence Of Undetected Cases.(of osteoporosis)
2002 JAN 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Quidel Corporation announced that the nation's largest osteoporosis study found a high incidence of undetected cases of osteoporosis.
Quidel believes that the study confirms the growth potential for Quidel's QUS-2 Calcaneal Ultrasonometer and Metra DPD products, currently marketed to primary care physicians as an aid in the early diagnosis and treatment management of low bone mass and osteoporosis.
A study published in the December 12, 2001 edition of the Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA) suggests that millions of women age 50 and older who have not been assessed for osteoporosis may be at increased risk of bone fracture (E.S. Siris et al., Identification and Fracture Outcomes of Undiagnosed Low Bone Mineral Density in Postmenopausal Women: Results from the National Osteoporosis Risk Assessment, JAMA, 2001; 286:2815-2822).
The nation's largest study of osteoporosis, National Osteoporosis Risk Assessment (NORA), found that almost half of the more than 200,000 postmenopausal women assessed in the study had low bone mass, putting them at increased risk of breaking a bone. Primary care physicians found that 7% of women in the study were found to have osteoporosis. In addition, nearly 40% of the women were found to have low bone mass but were not yet osteoporotic. During the one-year follow-up period, the rate of bone fracture was four times higher for women with osteoporosis, and twice as high for women with low bone mass compared with women with normal bone density.
"Osteoporosis is a serious medical condition that threatens 28 million Americans. The NORA survey points to the need to diagnose and treat osteoporosis aggressively," said S. Wayne Kay, Quidel. "Having recently launched the QUS-2 to the primary care market in the U.S. and having just received national Medicare ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Study Finds High Incidence Of Undetected Cases.(of osteoporosis)