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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
Relative risk factors for osteoporotic fracture: A pilot study of the MEDOS questionnaire
Clinical Rheumatology, Volume 10, No. 1, Year 1991
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Description
This study tested selected elements of a questionnaire devised to detect risk factors for osteoporosis in a large case-control study of hip fracture. The questions were applied to two separate studies. The first utilised a hospital sample of postmenopausal women with established vertebral osteoporosis, and responses were compared to woman with primary osteoarthritis. In a second study, the questionnaire was applied to apparently healthy women participating in a study of bone density. Significant differences between patients with osteoporosis and osteoarthritis were observed in body mass index, the prevalence of appendicular fractures, the degree of immobilisation, the age of menarche, exposure to sunlight and indices of physical activity. Significant differences were found in bone mass in healthy women divided according to the age of menarche, parity and duration of lactation. These data identify previously established risk factors for osteoporosis and suggest that the MEDOS questionnaire will provide a powerful tool for the future assessment of risk factors in osteoporosis. © 1991 Acta Medica Belgica.
Authors & Co-Authors
Dequeker, Jan V.
Belgium, Leuven
Ku Leuven– University Hospital Leuven
Rutten, Victor P.M.G.
Belgium, Leuven
Ku Leuven– University Hospital Leuven
Geusens, Piet P.M.M.
Belgium, Leuven
Ku Leuven– University Hospital Leuven
Statistics
Citations: 35
Authors: 3
Affiliations: 1
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1007/BF02208033
ISSN:
14349949
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Noncommunicable Diseases
Violence And Injury
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Case-Control Study
Participants Gender
Female