ArticleJournal of osteoporosis2011
Femoral neck shaft angle in men with fragility fractures.
Article in Journal of osteoporosis, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.
- Hip structural parameters over 96 weeks in HIV-infected adults switching treatment to tenofovir-emtricitabine or abacavir-lamivudine.PloS one · 2014Trial
- Can femoral neck-shaft angle predict timing of contralateral second hip fracture? A 7-year retrospective cohort study at a tertiary referral centre for trauma.Musculoskeletal surgery · 2026Article
- On challenges in clinical assessment of hip fracture risk using image-based biomechanical modelling: a critical review.Journal of bone and mineral metabolism · 2021Review
- Evaluation of proximal femoral geometry and its relationship with body mass index in Iranian people: a cross sectional study.International journal of burns and trauma · 2021Article
- Comparative study of the neck shaft angle in femoral neck and intertrochanteric fractures in north part of Iran.International journal of burns and trauma · 2020Article
- Femoral neck shaft angle width is associated with hip-fracture risk in males but not independently of femoral neck bone density.The British journal of radiology · 2014Article
- Prediction of hip osteoporotic fractures from composite indices of femoral neck strength.Skeletal radiology · 2013Article
- Advances in bone imaging for osteoporosis.Nature reviews. Endocrinology · 2013Review
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Abstract
Introduction. Femoral neck shaft angle (NSA) has been reported to be an independent predictor of hip fracture risk in men. We aimed to assess the role of NSA in UK men. Methods. The NSA was measured manually from the DXA scan printout in men with hip (62, 31 femoral neck and 31 trochanteric), symptomatic vertebral (91), and distal forearm (67) fractures and 389 age-matched control subjects. Age, height, weight, and BMD (g/cm(2): lumbar spine, femoral neck, and total femur) measurements were performed. Results. There was no significant difference in mean NSA between men with femoral neck and trochanteric hip fractures, so all further analyses of hip fractures utilised the combined data. There was no difference in NSA between those with hip fractures and those without (either using the combined data or analysing trochanteric and femoral neck shaft fractures separately), nor between fracture subjects as a whole and controls. Mean NSA was smaller in those with vertebral fractures (129.2° versus 131°: P = 0.001), but larger in those with distal forearm fractures (129.8° versus 128.5°: P = 0.01). Conclusions. The conflicting results suggest that femoral NSA is not an important determinant of hip fracture risk in UK men.
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