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ArticleArchives of osteoporosis2021

Performance of HR-pQCT, DXA, and FRAX in the discrimination of asymptomatic vertebral fracture in postmenopausal Chinese women.

Meiling Huang, Vivian Wing-Yin Hung, Tsz Kiu Li, Sheung Wai Law, Yulong Wang, Shangjie Chen, Ling Qin

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Article in Archives of osteoporosis, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Meiling HuangThe Second School of Clinical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Vivian Wing-Yin HungBone Quality and Health Centre, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Tsz Kiu LiBone Quality and Health Centre, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Sheung Wai LawBone Quality and Health Centre, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Yulong WangDepartment of Rehabilitation, Shenzhen Second People's Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China.
Shangjie ChenThe Second School of Clinical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China. csjme@163.com.
Ling QinBone Quality and Health Centre, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. lingqin@cuhk.edu.hk.
Chinese University of Hong Kong · CNShenzhen Second People's Hospital · CNSouthern Medical University Shenzhen Hospital · CN

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Abstract

Volumetric bone density (vBMD) and trabecular microarchitecture measured by high-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography (HR-pQCT) can discriminate the patients with high risk of asymptomatic vertebral fracture (VF) in postmenopausal Chinese women. These findings suggested that HR-pQCT could provide additional information on bone quality of the patients with asymptomatic VF.

introductionAlthough there were several studies using HR-pQCT to investigate asymptomatic VF, it remains uncertain if HR-pQCT parameters can discriminate asymptomatic VF patients, especially in Chinese population. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether bone quality measured by HR-pQCT could discriminate asymptomatic VF independent of hip areal bone mineral density (aBMD) measured by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and fracture risks evaluated using built-in Fracture Risk Assessment Tool (FRAX

methodsThis is a nested case-control study. One hundred seventy-five ambulatory Chinese postmenopausal women aged 60-79 years were retrieved from Normative Reference Standards (NRS) cohort in Hong Kong. DXA was used to identify VF from lateral spine images (VFA) using Genant's semi-quantitative method. Major osteoporotic fracture risk was calculated using FRAX tool. HR-pQCT was used to assess vBMD, microarchitecture, and estimated strength at both distal radius and tibia. Comparison of HR-pQCT parameters between asymptomatic VF and control was performed using covariance analysis. Logistic regression analysis was performed for calculating the adjusted odds ratio (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) of fracture status as per SD decrease in HR-pQCT parameters.

resultsWomen with asymptomatic VF were older than those of the control in our NRS cohort. Nevertheless, after adjusted for covariance, asymptomatic VF showed significantly lower trabecular vBMD (Tb.vBMD) at radius but higher SMI at tibia as compared with those of the control. Tb.vBMD at radius yielded the highest value of area under the curve (AUC) as compared with total hip aBMD and FRAX

conclusionTb.vBMD at the radius and SMI at the tibia provided by HR-pQCT can discriminate asymptomatic VF independent of hip aBMD and FRAX

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Osteoporotic FracturesSpinal FracturesAbsorptiometry, PhotonBone DensityCase-Control StudiesChinaFemaleHumansPostmenopauseRadiusTibiaAsymptomatic vertebral fractureDXAFRAXHR-pQCTPostmenopausal women

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