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Peripheral BMD readings may predict fractures. (Almost 40% of women Had Osterpenia).
Peripheral bone mineral density measurements taken in the primary care setting were highly predictive of short-term fracture risk in a recent longitudinal, observational study of postmenopausal women.
In the 160 women over age 50 who participated in the National Osteoporosis Risk Assessment (NORA) study, peripheral bone densitometry of the heel, finger, or forearm revealed that almost 40% of the women had osteopenia, and 7% had osteoporosis, reported Dr. Ethel S. Sins of Columbia University New York, and her colleagues.
All of the women in the study, the largest of its kind, were over age 50 and had no prior diagnosis of low bone mineral density (BMD).
Of the 163,979 participants who were followed for about 12 months, fracture risk was found to be tour times higher in those with osteoporosis, and nearly two times higher in those with osteopenia, compared with those who had normal BMD measurements (JAMA 286[22]:2815-22, 2001).
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...literature establishing the fact that peripheral bone mineral density can be used to assess fracture risk with one exception. The exception...promote the machines that measure peripheral bone density. However, this study...
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...ultimately leading to an increased fracture risk in patients with long-term disease...diabetes is associated with increased fracture risk and that newly diagnosed diabetes shows...type 2 diabetes. "Paradoxically, fracture risk [in diabetic patients] is much greater...
- Fracture risk reduction after osteoporosis treatment outlined.
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