INTRODUCTION: There is a need for cost-effective clinical methods to select women for
bone densitometry. The aim of the present study was to determine whether relatively simple …

Osteoporosis and its consequent increase in fracture risk is a major health concern for
postmenopausal women and older men and has the potential to reach epidemic …

Background: Although mass screening for osteoporosis is not recommended among
postmenopausal women, there is no consensus on which women should undergo testing for …

Population-based epidemiological studies on osteoporosis are few. Our study evaluated the
effects of menopause and certain putative behavioral risk factors on bone mineral density …

The rates of bone mineral density testing for osteoporosis among healthy mid-life women
are high, although their osteoporosis or fracture risk is low. To reduce unnecessary testing …

We report the prevalence of osteoporosis, osteopenia, and fractures in a cohort of Italian
women randomly recruited among the general population and validate the use of clinical …

About one‐half of women with incident fractures have BMD above the WHO diagnostic
threshold of osteoporosis. In the OFELY study, low BMD, increased markers of bone …

Currently, few elderly women have a measurement of bone mineral density (BMD). The aim
of this study was to assess the potential value of a two-step screening process to identify the …

We performed a systematic review of studies comparing the Osteoporosis Self-Assessment
Tool (OST) and other tests used to select women for bone mineral density (BMD) …

Measurement of bone mineral density (BMD) at central skeletal sites with dual X-ray
absorptiometry is the “gold standard” both for the diagnosis of osteoporosis using the criteria …