Fracture risk assessment in older adults using a combination of selected quantitative computed tomography bone measures: A subanalysis of the age, gene/environment susceptibility-reykjavik study

Journal of Clinical Densitometry

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 25-31

  Rianon, Nahid J ^a   Lang, Thomas F ^b   Siggeirsdottir, Kristin ^c   Sigurdsson, Gunnar ^d   Eiriksdottir, Gudny ^c   Sigurdsson, Sigurdur ^c   Jonsson, Brynjolfur Y ^e   Garcia, Melissa ^f   Yu, Binbing ^f   Kapadia, Asha S ^g   Taylor, Wendell C ^g   Selwyn, Beatrice J ^g   Gudnason, Vilmundur ^c,h   Launer, Lenore J ^f   Harris, Tamara B ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ICELANDIC HEART ASSOCIATION   (Iceland)

^d LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Bone strength; Elderly; Fracture; Quantitative computerized tomography

Indexed keywords

BONE MINERAL DENSITY; BONE STRENGTH; ELDERLY; FRACTURE; QUANTITATIVE COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84894979942     PISSN: 10946950     EISSN: 15590747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocd.2013.03.005     Document Type: Article

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