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ba0005lb3 | (1) | ECTS2016

Peripheral quantitative computed tomography measures contribute to the understanding of bone fragility in low-trauma fracture patients

Jiang Hongyuan , Yates Christopher , Gorelik Alexandra , Kale Ashwini , Song Qichun , Wark John D

Background and aims: Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) as currently utilised has limitations in identifying patients with osteoporosis and predicting fractures, since most low-trauma fracture (LTF) patients have osteopenia not osteoporosis based on DXA assessment. We aimed to express peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT) variables of patients with low-trauma fracture as T-scores by using T-score scales obtained from healthy young women, and ...