Intervention Thresholds and the Diagnosis of Osteoporosis.
review · Level V
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 26390977.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1002/jbmr.2531.
- No licence information is recorded for this record.
- Because redistribution is not established, this page shows the abstract only. Follow the links below for the full text.
Abstract
A position paper of the National Bone Health Alliance recently recommended that diagnostic criteria for osteoporosis be redefined. We review the merits and demerits of this proposal and argue that the operational bone mineral density (BMD)-based definition be retained while clarity is brought to bear on the distinction between diagnostic and intervention thresholds.
Medical subject headings
- Bone Density
- Osteoporosis