dxl of calcaneus is a portable method for bmd. this study determined a cut off point for dxl in osteoporosis diagnosis. in 510 healthy postmenopausal women, bmd of axial regions with dxa (dpx-md, ge,lunar corp, madison, wi) and heel with dxl (demeteck- sweden), measured. the agreement of two methods and cut off point for dxl in defining osteoporosis, obtained. dxa found osteoporosis in 34.3% an...

  Introduction: Diabetes mellitus and osteoporosis are two frequent medical conditions with an increasing prevalence in elderly. This study is conducted to evaluate osteoporosis in postmenopausal females with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Sanandaj, the provincial center of Kurdistan province in the west of Iran. Methods: From an initial population of 2500 women with ty...

 Abstract Background: Osteoporosis is a major public health threat, and hip fracture is a serious consequence of osteoporosis. Apatient with an osteoporosis-related hip fracture has an increased risk for a second hip fracture. The effect of osteoporosis management on the risk of recurrent hip fracture was evaluated in this study. Methods: 58 hip fracture patients older than 50yr and BMD < 2.5 w...

The diagnosis and recognition of male osteoporosis is still insufficient. patients with low-energy fracture were less evaluated treated for osteoporosis. risk osteoporotic in elderly men may be between 13% 25%. With the extension men’s life, increases, which makes management challenging. A consensus emerging on targeted treatment guidelines osteoporosis, especially high risk. This paper aims to...

conclusions our study demonstrated that tgf-β1 serum levels is higher in osteoporotic postmenopausal females than non-osteoporotic ones, and probably aberrant increase in tgf-β1 in postmenopausal females can result in uncoupled bone resorption and formation, which leads to osteoporosis. background postmenopausal osteoporosis is a major cause of morbidity in postmenopausal females. transforming ...

fractures of the os sacrum can be the cause of severe pain and immobility. a common cause of insufficiency fractures is osteoporosis. in elderly and multimorbid patients, the complications of conservative therapy can sometimes be severe. in the meantime, good outcomes with regard to pain reduction and improved mobility are achieved with ct-assisted balloon sacroplasty. we report on the successf...

osteoporosis is the most common metabolic bone disease. in addition to morbidity, osteoporotic fractures also increase mortality risk in affected patients. enough evidence is not available to indicate that, like western countries, osteoporosis is a public health problem in iran. therefore emrc planned to estimate the burden of osteoporotic fractures in year 2001 based on existing sources of dat...