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| Epidemiology of osteoporosis in women in southern Italy | | Author(s) | A del Puente, S P Heyse, M G Mandes |
| Journal title | Aging: Clinical and Experimental Research, vol 10, no 1, February 1998 |
| Pages | pp 53-58 |
| Keywords | Osteoporosis ; Fractures ; Older women ; Middle aged ; Cross sectional surveys ; Italy. |
| Annotation | Studies on the distribution of bone mineral density (BMD) values in different age groups and in different populations are valuable for understanding the causes of the appreciable geographical variability in fracture incidence. The authors studied a population of southern Italy where the incidence of hip fracture had been previously estimated, in a group of 264 active women aged 45-79. Bone density at the lumbar spine (L1-L4) and at the right femoral neck were measured using a dual X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) system. The age group distribution of BMD in this population is reported. Older women showed higher mineralisation, as compared to an international pooled sample. Prevalence of osteoporosis among women aged 50-79 was 40%; the rate changed according to the measurement site. Results show that a large proportion of the women would not have been diagnosed as having osteoporosis, had the authors relied on a single measurement site. A very low percentage of cases (as low as 4% in the 50-59 age group) was diagnosed at both sites. The lack of concordance in BMD estimate between measurement sites is significant at younger ages. Longitudinal follow-up of this population should answer some of the questions raised by these results. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980625227 A |
| Classmark | CLO: CUF: BD: SE: 3KB: 76V |
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