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- Title
The use of clinical risk factors enhances the performance of BMD in the prediction of hip and osteoporotic fractures in men and women.
- Authors
Kanis, J A; Oden, A; Johnell, O; Johansson, H; De Laet, C; Brown, J; Burckhardt, P; Cooper, C; Christiansen, C; Cummings, S; Eisman, J A; Fujiwara, S; Glüer, C; Goltzman, D; Hans, D; Krieg, M-A; La Croix, A; McCloskey, E; Mellstrom, D; Melton, L J, 3rd; Pols, H; Reeve, J; Sanders, K; Schott, A-M; Silman, A; Torgerson, D; van Staa, T; Watts, N B; Yoshimura, N
- Abstract
BMD and clinical risk factors predict hip and other osteoporotic fractures. The combination of clinical risk factors and BMD provide higher specificity and sensitivity than either alone. INTRODUCTION AND HYPOTHESES: To develop a risk assessment tool based on clinical risk factors (CRFs) with and without BMD.
- Publication
Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA, 2007, Vol 18, Issue 8, p1033
- ISSN
0937-941X
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00198-007-0343-y