Evidence map›Paper›PMID 40381205›Full record

ArticleThe Libyan journal of medicine2025

One-third Radius bone mineral density measurement utility in the diagnosis of osteoporosis: a comparative analysis with femoral and lumbar spine bone mineral density.

Monder Lafi, Hamzah Amin, Muhammed Aqib Khan, Marwan Bukhari

Abstract readComparative Study
In one paragraph

Article in The Libyan journal of medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Monder LafiDepartment of medicine, Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Hull, UK.
Hamzah AminFaculty of Health and Medicine, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-2287-381X
Muhammed Aqib KhanFaculty of Health and Medicine, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK.
Marwan BukhariFaculty of Health and Medicine, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Osteoporosis is defined by a BMD ≤ 2.5 SD below the young adult reference population. Standard dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scans for osteoporosis involve the femoral neck and lumbar spine, but alternative sites like the one-third radius (1/3 R) are only used when these sites are inaccessible. This study assessed the correlation and level of agreement between BMD at the 1/3 R, femoral neck, and lumbar spine to evaluate its diagnostic utility. Data from 43,801 patients referred for DXA scans in northwest England were analysed. Of these, 437 underwent 1/3 R scans. Demographic comparisons between patients with and without forearm scans were conducted. The primary analysis included patients with scans at the 1/3 R, lumbar spine, and bilateral femoral regions;(

Indexed as

Absorptiometry, PhotonBone DensityFemur NeckLumbar VertebraeOsteoporosisRadiusAgedAged, 80 and overEnglandFemaleFemurHumansMaleMiddle Agedcomparisonfemoral necklumbar spineosteoporosisWrist bone density

Identifiers

PMID40381205
PMCPMC12086901

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.