Epidemiology of osteoporosis.

This review has shown that osteoporosis is a major public health problem because of its association with fracture. It is now possible to predict future risk of fracture by measuring BMD with noninvasive techniques. The relation between BMD and fracture is comparable to that between blood pressure an...

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主要な著者: Walker-Bone, K, Dennison, E, Cooper, C
フォーマット: Journal article
言語:English
出版事項: 2001
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author Walker-Bone, K
Dennison, E
Cooper, C
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Dennison, E
Cooper, C
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description This review has shown that osteoporosis is a major public health problem because of its association with fracture. It is now possible to predict future risk of fracture by measuring BMD with noninvasive techniques. The relation between BMD and fracture is comparable to that between blood pressure and stroke such that fracture risk can be assessed from a definition of osteoporosis using bone mass and past history of fracture. Because some of the risk factors for peak bone mass, involutional bone loss, and fracture are now characterized, coupled with innovative agents capable of retarding bone loss, it is becoming possible to generate preventive strategies, for the entire population as well as for those at highest risk.
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spelling oxford-uuid:a61ad47b-ddfe-4d1b-aa41-c41fdcae53b62022-03-27T02:44:55ZEpidemiology of osteoporosis.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:a61ad47b-ddfe-4d1b-aa41-c41fdcae53b6EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2001Walker-Bone, KDennison, ECooper, CThis review has shown that osteoporosis is a major public health problem because of its association with fracture. It is now possible to predict future risk of fracture by measuring BMD with noninvasive techniques. The relation between BMD and fracture is comparable to that between blood pressure and stroke such that fracture risk can be assessed from a definition of osteoporosis using bone mass and past history of fracture. Because some of the risk factors for peak bone mass, involutional bone loss, and fracture are now characterized, coupled with innovative agents capable of retarding bone loss, it is becoming possible to generate preventive strategies, for the entire population as well as for those at highest risk.
spellingShingle Walker-Bone, K
Dennison, E
Cooper, C
Epidemiology of osteoporosis.
title Epidemiology of osteoporosis.
title_full Epidemiology of osteoporosis.
title_fullStr Epidemiology of osteoporosis.
title_full_unstemmed Epidemiology of osteoporosis.
title_short Epidemiology of osteoporosis.
title_sort epidemiology of osteoporosis
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