An Approach to Identifying Osteopenic Women at Increased Short-term Risk of Fracture
Open Access
- 24 May 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Internal Medicine
- Vol. 164 (10), 1113-1120
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.164.10.1113
Abstract
The association between bone mineral density (BMD) and fracture risk is continuous, with an approximate doubling of fracture risk for each standard deviation decline in BMD T score.1 Despite this continuous relationship, efforts at fracture risk reduction are often limited to women whose central BMD measurement has been classified as "osteoporotic," that is, T scores of −2.5 or less based on the 1994 World Health Organization (WHO)2 diagnostic classification. Postmenopausal women with a diagnosis of "osteopenia," that is, T scores between −2.5 and −1.0 based on the WHO classification, may also be at risk of fracture.3,4Keywords
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