this study planned for finding the agreement dxa and quantitative ultrasound (qus) of phalanx in osteoporosis diagnosis and cut off point of qus for osteoporosis diagnosis in postmenopausal women. in 180 postmenopausal women, bmd of axial regions with dxa (dpx-md, ge, lunar, usa) and phalanx with qus (dbm-sonic 1200) measured. agreement of methods and cut off for qus in defining osteoporosis ob...

little is known about relation of transplantation and bone. we conducted a study to find out the frequency and predictors of osteoporosis in kidney transplanted patients in iran. dexa (dpx-md, ge, lunar corporation, usa) used for bmd of 61 kidney transplanted patients. calcium, phosphate, alkaline phosphatase, bun, creatinine and pth, were also measured. fourty four percent of patients were men...

data extraction primary outcomes were incidence, prevalence, or odds ratio of having osteoporosis, defined as bone mineral density t-score < -2.5 sd. results of 353 articles, 344 articles were excluded, 9 underwent full-length review and data were extracted from 7 studies consisting of 113,558 patients. finally, 3 extracted studies were included in the meta-analysis of osteoporosis. among cohor...

osteoporosis is a major public health problem in iran. bone densitometry is used to diagnose osteopenia and osteoporosis and if necessary, prevent bone fractures, especially that of femoral neck. bone density is related to several factors including race, age, sex, environmental factors and nutrition. no comprehensive study has been performed in iran, yet. among the 10 to 75 year-old population ...

Osteoporosis is a disease characterized by reduction in the density and quality of bone leading to weakness skeleton associated increased risk fracture [1]. The most common type osteoporosis termed primary includes both postmenopausal age-related osteoporosis, which involves structural deterioration porosity fragility [2] (Figure 1).

Increased fragility fracture rates, increased morbidity and mortality, a tremendous economic burden are all linked to osteoporosis poor bone health. Osteoporosis, like many other diseases, benefits from early detection prevention. The imaging quantification of mineral density crucial in the diagnosis osteoporosis. Abdominal thoracic CT provide valuable opportunity for screening. Despite signifi...