Diagnostic Performance of QUS for Identifying Osteoporosis in Postmenopausal Turkish Women
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Materials and Methods: This study included 116 postmenopausal women attending Adnan Menderes University Family Medicine Clinic in Aydin. Bone density was measured at the calcaneus using QUS and at lumbar spine and femoral neck with DXA. Receiver operating characteristic analysis was carried out to determine the best sensitivity and specificity for QUS T-scores for comparison with the gold standard.
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