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Potential role of FRAX analysis in postmenopausal women with osteopenia by Aleksandar Dimić; Stojanovic Sonja; Nedovic Jovan; Stankovic Aleksandra; Stamenkovic Bojana; Milenkovic Sasa; Mitic Valentina is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.

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Early diagnosis of osteoporosis and estimation of subjects that are at high risk for fracture, is neccesary for osteoporosis treatment. Dual-energy X-ray absorptometry (DXA) is a modern method for bone mineral density (BMD) evaluation. However, along BMD, clinical risk factors may significantly influence fracture development. Therefore, FRAX algorithm was designed for the assessment of a ten-year risk for serious osteoporotic fractures (SOF), as well as hip fractures. In the current study, we tried to evaluate the possible lumbal spine and hip BMD influence on ten year risk for SOF and hip fractures and potential role of FRAX in predicting the therapy in postmenopausal women with osteopenia. We performed the study on 385 postmenopausal women. According to the DXA measurements, at the lumbal (L) spine (L1-L4) and hip (femor neck), patients were then classified as normal, osteopenic, or osteoporotic. BMD evaluation included the L spine and the hip (subgroup 1), and only on the L spine (subgroup 2). By filling up the FRAX questionnaire, a ten-year risk for SOF fracture and hip fracture was calculated. BMD evaluation, in complete patient's group and in subgroup 1, resulted in the highe

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Author

Aleksandar Dimić; Stojanovic Sonja; Nedovic Jovan; Stankovic Aleksandra; Stamenkovic Bojana; Milenkovic Sasa; Mitic Valentina

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Published

2011

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)