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| Osteoporosis and vertebral fractures in men aged 60-74 years | | Author(s) | Morten Frost, Kristian Wraae, Bo Abrahamsen |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 41, no 2, March 2012 |
| Pages | pp 171-177 |
| Source | http://ageing.oxfordjournals.org/ http://www.bgs.org.uk/ |
| Keywords | Older men ; 60-64 age group ; Over 70s ; Osteoporosis ; Fractures ; Denmark. |
| Annotation | The present study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of osteoporosis and vertebral deformities in a population-based sample of men. Bone mineral density (BMD) was measured and vertebral deformities were assessed using DXA and VFx assessment (VFA), respectively, in a random sample of 600 Danish men aged 60-74 years. Osteoporosis was defined as a T-score of -2.5 or less. Results showed that the study population was comparable with the background population with regard to age, body mass index and co-morbidity. Osteoporosis was diagnosed in less than 1% of the participants at inclusion. Using Danish and NHANES III reference data, 10.2 and 11.5% of the study population had osteoporosis, respectively. In all, 6.3% participants had at least one VFx. BMD was significantly lower in participants with vertebral deformities, but only 24% of these cases had osteoporosis. The authors conclude that osteoporosis and VFxs are prevalent in men aged 60-74 years. Although the majority of deformities were present in individuals without osteoporosis, BMD was lower in patients with VFxs at all sites investigated. Male osteoporosis was markedly underdiagnosed. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-120508004 A |
| Classmark | BC: BBC: BBK: CLO: CUF: 76K |
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