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ArticleWorld journal of orthopedics2016

Risk assessment instruments for screening bone mineral density in a Mediterranean population.

Sotirios Christodoulou, Georgios I Drosos, Athanasios Ververidis, Antonios Galanos, George Anastassopoulos, Konstantinos Kazakos

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Article in World journal of orthopedics, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Sotirios ChristodoulouSotirios Christodoulou, Georgios I Drosos, Athanasios Ververidis, Konstantinos Kazakos, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Democritus University of Thrace, University General Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Dragana, 68100 Alexandroupolis, Greece.
Georgios I DrososSotirios Christodoulou, Georgios I Drosos, Athanasios Ververidis, Konstantinos Kazakos, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Democritus University of Thrace, University General Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Dragana, 68100 Alexandroupolis, Greece.
Athanasios VerveridisSotirios Christodoulou, Georgios I Drosos, Athanasios Ververidis, Konstantinos Kazakos, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Democritus University of Thrace, University General Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Dragana, 68100 Alexandroupolis, Greece.
Antonios GalanosSotirios Christodoulou, Georgios I Drosos, Athanasios Ververidis, Konstantinos Kazakos, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Democritus University of Thrace, University General Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Dragana, 68100 Alexandroupolis, Greece.
George AnastassopoulosSotirios Christodoulou, Georgios I Drosos, Athanasios Ververidis, Konstantinos Kazakos, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Democritus University of Thrace, University General Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Dragana, 68100 Alexandroupolis, Greece.
Konstantinos KazakosSotirios Christodoulou, Georgios I Drosos, Athanasios Ververidis, Konstantinos Kazakos, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Democritus University of Thrace, University General Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Dragana, 68100 Alexandroupolis, Greece.

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Abstract

aimTo evaluate the power of six osteoporosis-screening instruments in women in a Mediterranean country.

methodsData concerning several osteoporosis risk factors were prospectively collected from 1000 postmenopausal women aged 42-87 years who underwent dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) screening. Six osteoporosis risk factor screening tools were applied to this sample to evaluate their performance and choose the most appropriate tool for the study population.

resultsThe most important screening tool for osteoporosis status was the Simple Calculated Osteoporosis Risk Estimation, which had an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.678, a sensitivity of 72%, and a specificity of 72%, with a cut-off point of 20.75. The most important screening tool for osteoporosis risk was the Osteoporosis Self-assessment Tool, which had an AUC of 0.643, a sensitivity of 77%, and a specificity of 46%, with a cut-off point of -2.9.

conclusionSome commonly used clinical risk instruments demonstrate high sensitivity for distinguishing individuals with DEXA-ascertained osteoporosis or reduced bone mineral density.

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Bone mineral densityDual X-ray absorptiometryOsteopeniaOsteoporosisRisk assessment

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PMID27672571
PMCPMC5027013

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