title: Mineral density of the os calcis in primary osteoarthritis of the hip and geriatric femoral neck fractures.
abstract: The calcaneal bone mineral density (BMD) was measured in 22 female patients operated on for femoral neck fractures on average 4.7 years ago, and 35 patients who had undergone total hip replacement for primary osteoarthritis on average 3.7 years ago, to test the hypothesis of an inverse relationship between bone density and osteoarthritis. After adjustment for the linear correlation between age and BMD, there was no significant difference between the groups with regard to BMD of the os calcis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Oulu, Finland.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jalovaara
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Koivulsalo
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Leppäluoto
authors.forename: R V
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Lindholm
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Väänänen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D015519:Bone Density; D002111:Calcaneus / Q000737:chemistry*; D005260:Female; D005265:Femoral Neck Fractures / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006622:Hip Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D015207:Osteoarthritis, Hip / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D012044:Regression Analysis