title: Determination of osteoporosis in patients with fractured femoral neck using the Singh index: a Jerusalem study.
abstract: The Singh index was used to measure the degree of osteoporosis in patients with fracture of the neck of the femur and to compare its prevalence with a random population sample in Jerusalem. The frequency of osteoporosis was 22.7% among women in the fracture series as compared with 1% in the control group. These figures are much lower than those in comparable series. The Singh index was not as sensitive an indicator of spinal osteoporosis as a direct measurement of vertebral bone density and could not be correlated with the incidence of hip fractures.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D005265:Femoral Neck Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011859:Radiography; D012016:Reference Values; D012737:Sex Factors