ArticlePakistan journal of medical sciences
Measurements of bone mineral density and stiffness index in young Saudi females.
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- Association Between Vitamin D Level and Z-Score Changes of Bone Density in College-Age Saudi Girls: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of general medicine · 2023Article
- QUS characteristics in Normal Population: a Mini Review and our experience.Journal of diabetes and metabolic disorders · 2022Article
- Pre-screening for osteoporosis with calcaneus quantitative ultrasound and dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry bone density.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Associations of Serum MicroRNA with Bone Mineral Density in Community-Dwelling Subjects: The Yakumo Study.BioMed research international · 2020Article
- Quantitative Ultrasound and Dual X-Ray Absorptiometry as Indicators of Bone Mineral Density in Young Women and Nutritional Factors Affecting It.Nutrients · 2019Article
- Utility of the Serum Cystatin C Level for Diagnosis of Osteoporosis among Middle-Aged and Elderly People.BioMed research international · 2019Article
- Lifestyle factors influencing bone health in young adult women in Saudi Arabia.African health sciences · 2017Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo examine the ability to use Quantitative Ultrasonography (QUS) densitometer for screening of osteoporosis and osteopenia by comparing QUS values obtained at the calcaneus region to bone mineral density (BMD) values measured at the spine and the neck of the femur using Dual Energy X-ray Absorbemetry (DXA).
methodsQUS (in the calcaneus region) and DXA (the spine and the neck of femur respectively) measurements were performed in 101 females.
resultsThe precision of the QUS parameters varied from 1.77-1.78, whereas the reliability ranged from 92.2%-98.6%. For the QUS parameters variability between subjects was greater than that within subjects. Positive correlation were found between stiffness index (SI) and BMDspine and BMDN.femur (r= 0.29 & r=0.25 respectively, P < 0.05) and a strong positive correlation between T-scorecalcaneus and both T-scoreSpine and T-scoreN.femur (r= 0.5 & r=0.58 respectively, P < 0.01).
conclusionsQUS is a reliable technique to be used in combination with DXA for the investigation of osteopenia and osteoporosis.
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