[Absolute risk for fracture and WHO guideline. Fracture risk assessment based on femoral neck bone mineral density : advantage and disadvantage].
Lumbar spine has been considered to be the optimum measurement site for bone mineral density (BMD) because of its sensitivity to the changes associated with aging, disease and therapy. However, spine BMD has the disadvantage that, with advancing age and especially in men, measurements are often affected by the presence of degenerative changes that lead to the artificial elevation of BMD values. Recently, hip BMD is recommended as the preferable site for the BMD measurement by several osteoporosis-related organizations in Europe and the United States because of its stronger relationship to hip fracture and weaker influence of degenerative changes.
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Teruki
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Kawasaki Medical school, Department of Nuclear Medicine.
D015519:Bone Density; D005260:Female; D005272:Femur Neck / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012306:Risk; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D012307:Risk Factors