Background: Measurement of bone mineral density is widely used to diagnose osteoporosis.
The objectives of this study are to determine how bone densitometry affects subsequent …

Persistence with osteoporosis therapy remains low and identification of factors associated
with better persistence is essential in preventing osteoporosis and fractures. In this study …

In the face of increasing use of all types of bone densitometry in the diagnosis and
management of osteoporosis, the limitations of the World Health Organization criteria for the …

Large population-based surveys have shown that approximately 30% of people over age 65
years have osteoporosis and that 17% of the population over 65 years will sustain a fracture …

Osteoporosis represents a difficult problem for physicians because, although many
diagnostic tests are available, interpreting their results is not straightforward. As a result …

Clinical application of bone densitometry has been one of the advances in osteoporosis that
has led to the increased patient awareness of this increasingly prevalent disease [1, 2]. With …

The goal of osteoporosis therapy is reduction of fracture risk. In randomized controlled trials,
relative risk of fracture is determined by comparing the absolute fracture rate of a treatment …

In recent years, the range of treatments available for patients with osteoporosis has greatly
increased. A decade ago, the only proven therapy was estrogen, but today the choices …

Objective To assess how physicians who have ordered bone densitometry studies respond
to abnormal results. Methods We conducted a retrospective review of cases from physicians …

Bone densitometry using dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is the 'gold standard'for
osteoporosis diagnosis. However, mass screening for osteoporosis has not been …