Distal radius fracture is an early sign of general osteoporosis: bone mass measurements in a population-based study. Export

@article{citeulike:3044769, abstract = {To evaluate the bone mass by bone density measurements in patients with distal radius fracture, a prospective open case-control study was carried out in the county of Uppsala, Sweden, with population-based cases and controls. There were 111 patients with a distal radius fracture who were otherwise healthy and aged 53-76 years, together with 60 healthy controls of similar age, sex and menopausal status. The main outcome measures were bone mineral density (BMD) in the lumbar spine and hip measured with dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, and in the (non-fractured) distal forearm determined by single-photon absorptiometry. It was found that at all measuring sites BMD was significantly lower in cases than in controls. The difference in the distal forearm was around 20\% (p < 0.001) and in the spine and hip 5\%-8\% (p < 0.05-0.001). In the healthy subjects there were positive correlations (r = 0.39-0.65; p < 0.002) between the forearm BMD and that of both the spine and hip, whereas in the patients with distal radius fracture there was only a weak correlation between the forearm and spine BMD (r = 0.28; p < 0.05) and no association between the BMD of the forearm and hip (r < 0.01). It is concluded that patients with distal radius fracture who are otherwise healthy have a preferential bone loss at the distal forearm but also a generally low bone mass. Patients with fracture of the distal radius fracture should be considered for prophylactic measures against osteoporosis.}, address = {Department of Orthopaedics, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden.}, author = {Mallmin, H. and Ljunghall, S.}, citeulike-article-id = {3044769}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7696833}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=7696833}, issn = {0937-941X}, journal = {Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA}, keywords = {densite\_minerale\_osseuse, fracture\_du\_radius, fracture\_sentinelle}, month = {November}, number = {6}, pages = {357--361}, posted-at = {2008-07-26 15:56:58}, priority = {2}, title = {Distal radius fracture is an early sign of general osteoporosis: bone mass measurements in a population-based study.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7696833}, volume = {4}, year = {1994} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3044769 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3044769 N2 - To evaluate the bone mass by bone density measurements in patients with distal radius fracture, a prospective open case-control study was carried out in the county of Uppsala, Sweden, with population-based cases and controls. There were 111 patients with a distal radius fracture who were otherwise healthy and aged 53-76 years, together with 60 healthy controls of similar age, sex and menopausal status. The main outcome measures were bone mineral density (BMD) in the lumbar spine and hip measured with dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, and in the (non-fractured) distal forearm determined by single-photon absorptiometry. It was found that at all measuring sites BMD was significantly lower in cases than in controls. The difference in the distal forearm was around 20% (p < 0.001) and in the spine and hip 5%-8% (p < 0.05-0.001). In the healthy subjects there were positive correlations (r = 0.39-0.65; p < 0.002) between the forearm BMD and that of both the spine and hip, whereas in the patients with distal radius fracture there was only a weak correlation between the forearm and spine BMD (r = 0.28; p < 0.05) and no association between the BMD of the forearm and hip (r < 0.01). It is concluded that patients with distal radius fracture who are otherwise healthy have a preferential bone loss at the distal forearm but also a generally low bone mass. Patients with fracture of the distal radius fracture should be considered for prophylactic measures against osteoporosis. IS - 6 JF - Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA SN - 0937-941X AD - Department of Orthopaedics, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden. EP - 361 TI - Distal radius fracture is an early sign of general osteoporosis: bone mass measurements in a population-based study. VL - 4 SP - 357 KW - densite_minerale_osseuse KW - fracture_du_radius KW - fracture_sentinelle AU - Mallmin, H AU - Ljunghall, S PY - 1994/11// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7696833 ER -