Comparison of Three Bone Ultrasounds for the Discrimination of Subjects With and Without Osteoporotic Fractures Among 7562 Elderly Women
- 1 July 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Bone and Mineral Research
- Vol. 18 (7) , 1261-1266
- https://doi.org/10.1359/jbmr.2003.18.7.1261
Abstract
Bone ultrasound measures (QUSs) can assess fracture risk in the elderly. We compared three QUSs and their association with nonvertebral fracture history in 7562 Swiss women 70-80 years of age. The association between nonvertebral fracture was higher for heel than phalangeal QUSKeywords
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