Osteoporosis Epidemiology
Reports from Hiroshima University add new data to research in osteoporosis epidemiology
Published in Women's Health Weekly, July 26th, 2007
Investigators publish new data in the report "Risk of vertebral osteoporosis in post-menopausal women with alterations of the mandible." According to a study from Japan, "Previous studies have suggested that a thin or eroded cortex of the mandible detected on dental panoramic radiographs is associated with low vertebral bone mineral density (BMD) or osteoporosis. However, those studies did not estimate the multivariate-adjusted risk for low vertebral BMD or osteoporosis associated with alterations of the mandible."
"BMD of the lumbar vertebrae (L2-L4) was compared among quartiles of cortical width and among three cortical shape categories in 450 post-menopausal women...
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