The use of clinical risk factors enhances the performance of BMD in the prediction of hip and osteoporotic fractures in men and women.

UNLABELLED: BMD and clinical risk factors predict hip and other osteoporotic fractures. The combination of clinical risk factors and BMD provide higher specificity and sensitivity than either alone. INTRODUCTION AND HYPOTHESES: To develop a risk assessment tool based on clinical risk factors (CRFs)...

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Autors principals: Kanis, J, Oden, A, Johnell, O, Johansson, H, De Laet, C, Brown, J, Burckhardt, P, Cooper, C, Christiansen, C, Cummings, S, Eisman, J, Fujiwara, S, Glüer, C, Goltzman, D, Hans, D, Krieg, M, La Croix, A, McCloskey, E, Mellstrom, D, Melton, L, Pols, H, Reeve, J, Sanders, K, Schott, A, Silman, A
Format: Journal article
Idioma:English
Publicat: 2007