Use of a Swedish T-Score Reference Population for Women Causes a Two-Fold Increase in the Amount of Postmenopausal Swedish Patients that Fulfill the WHO Criteria for Osteoporosis

Journal of Clinical Densitometry

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 404-411

  Ribom, Eva L ^a   Ljunggren, Östen ^b   Mallmin, Hans ^a  

^a Department of Surgical Sciences ^*

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

BMD; osteoporosis; T score

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OSTEOPOROSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADULT; BONE DENSITY; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; REGISTRIES; SWEDEN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 50849137823     PISSN: 10946950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocd.2007.12.014     Document Type: Article

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