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ea0034p27 | Bone | SFEBES2014

The diagnosis of osteoporosis among South Indian male and female subjects with low impact hip fracture and comparison between Indian Council of Medical Research and Caucasian Bone Mineral Density Databases

Thomas Nihal , Shetty Sahana , Kapoor Nitin , Asha H S , Naik Dukhabandhu , Visalakshi P , Paul Thomas

Aims and objectives: This study was undertaken to look at the agreement between the hologic database (HD) based on NHANES bone mineral density (BMD) data in Caucasians and the ICMR database (ICMRD) published in 2010 in defining normal and subnormal BMD in subjects with or without hip fracture and to arrive at a BMD cut off which has a high sensitivity of predicting fracture.Materials and methods: A cross sectional study of 3098 subjects (men-341 and wome...