Improving risk assessment: hip geometry, bone mineral distribution and bone strength in hip fracture cases and controls. The EPOS study. European Prospective Osteoporosis Study.

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Hip geometry and bone mineral density (BMD) have previously been shown to relate independently to hip fracture risk. Our objective was to determine by how much hip geometric data improved the identification of hip fracture. Lunar pencil beam scans of the proximal femur were obtained. Geometric and densitometric values from 800 female controls aged 60 years or more (from population samples which were participants in the European Prospective Osteoporosis Study, EPOS) were compared with data fro...

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Authors: Crabtree, N; Kroger, H; Martin, A; Pols, H; Lorenc, R

• Journal: Osteoporos Int
• Volume: 13
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 48-54
• Publication date: 2002-01-01
• ISSN: 0937-941X
• Language: English
• Keywords: ROC Curve; Biomechanical Phenomena; Bone Density; Anthropometry; Femur Neck; Hip Fractures; Hip Joint; Humans; Female; Middle Aged; Sensitivity and Specificity; Case-Control Studies; Risk Assessment; Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal; Aged, 80 and over; Absorptiometry, Photon; Logistic Models; Aged