ea0016p95 | Bone and calcium | ECE2008
Athanassiou Panagiotis
, Kostoglou-Athanassiou Ifigenia
, Gerodimos Charalampos
, Dadiras Nikolaos
, Batsila Eirini
, Kaldrymidis Philippos
, Arvanitakis Miltiadis
Site-discordance in bone mineral density (BMD) assessment is common and affects patient categorization. Greater number of osteoporotic sites correlates with lower T score at each index site. The effect of BMD measurement at the contralateral femur on osteoporosis diagnosis has been previously evaluated.The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of BMD measurement at the contralateral femur on osteoporosis diagnosis.M...