Differences in site-specific fracture risk among older women with discordant results for osteoporosis at hip and spine: study of osteoporotic fractures
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abstract

  • To examine the fracture pattern in older women whose bone mineral density (BMD) T-score criteria for osteoporosis at hip and spine disagree, hip and spine BMD were measured in Study of Osteoporotic Fractures participants using dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA). Hip osteoporosis was defined as T-score

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    publication date

  • 2008
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    keywords

  • Bone Density
  • Fractures
  • Hip
  • Osteoporosis
  • Prospective Studies
  • Radiography
  • Risk Factors
  • Spinal Cord
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    volume

  • 11
  • issue

  • 2