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Prevalence of osteoporosis in Australian women : Geelong Osteoporosis Study
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posted on 2000-01-01, 00:00 authored by Margaret Rogers, Julie PascoJulie Pasco, G Nicholson, E Seeman, Mark KotowiczMark KotowiczTo evaluate the prevalence of osteoporosis at various sites among Australian women, cross-sectional bone mineral density (BMD) data for adult females was obtained from an age-stratified population-based sample (n = 1494; 20–94 yr) drawn at random from the Barwon Statistical Division, a population characteristic of Australia. Age- and weight- (and for three sites, height) matched reference ranges for BMD at the lumbar spine, proximal femur, forearm, and total body were developed using regression techniques. The cutoff BMD level for osteoporosis at the PA spine was 0.917 g/cm2 and 0.713 g/cm2 at the femoral neck according to the World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines. The upper cutoff level for osteopenia was 1.128 g/cm2 at the PA spine and 0.913 g/cm2 for the femoral neck. The proportion of Australian women categorized as having osteoporosis at the PA spine, femoral neck, or midforearm ranged from 0.9% among those aged 40–44 yr to 87.0% for those older than 79 yr. This study provides reference data representative of the Australian female population. A large proportion of elderly Australian women has osteoporosis according to the WHO guidelines.
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Journal of clinical densitometryVolume
3Issue
3Season
AutumnPagination
261 - 268Publisher
Elsevier B.V.Location
Amsterdam, The NetherlandsPublisher DOI
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1094-6950eISSN
1559-0747Language
engPublication classification
C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2000, Elsevier B.V.Usage metrics
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