Development of a diverse osteoporosis screening tool for older US adults from the health and retirement study

Existing osteoporosis screening tools have limitations, including using race as a predictor, and development on homogeneous samples. This biases risk assessment of osteoporosis in diverse populations and increases health inequities. We develop a tool that relies on variables easily learned during po...

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Main Authors: Margaret Gough Courtney, Josephine Roberts, K. Godde
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-01-01
Series:Heliyon
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844023110140