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Objective To evaluate the added predictive accuracy of bone mineral density (BMD) to fracture risk assessment. Design Prospective cohort study using data between 01 January 2010 and 31 December 2012. Setting North Denmark Osteoporosis Clinic of referred patients presenting with at least one fracture risk factor to the referring doctor. Participants Patients aged 40–90 years; had BMD T-score recorded at the hip and not taki... Expand abstract
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher's version
- Grant:
- School for Primary Care Research
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- BMJ Publishing Group Publisher's website
- Journal:
- BMJ Open Journal website
- Volume:
- 8
- Issue:
- 4
- Pages:
- Article: e018898
- Publication date:
- 2018-04-12
- Acceptance date:
- 2018-03-15
- DOI:
- ISSN:
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2044-6055
- Pubs id:
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pubs:833230
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uri:6972a1ab-ceb9-428e-9b82-a123cb139379
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uuid:6972a1ab-ceb9-428e-9b82-a123cb139379
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- pubs:833230
- Copyright holder:
- Dhiman et al.
- Copyright date:
- 2018
- Notes:
- This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt and build upon this work, for commercial use, provided the original work is properly cited. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Does bone mineral density improve the predictive accuracy of fracture risk assessment? A prospective cohort study in Northern Denmark
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