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15722580

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-2-21
pubmed:abstractText
Osteodensitometry is increasingly used to identify low bone density resulting from osteoporosis. The universally accepted World Health Organization (WHO) criteria for assessing bone mineral density (BMD) contrasts individual T-scores to peak BMD in healthy adult control populations. In this scheme, "osteoporosis" refers arbitrarily to T-values below -2.5, "osteopenia" to values between -1.0 and -2.5, and "normal" to values above -1.0. Although individually rare, numerous conditions cause supranormal BMD in children and adults. Increasingly, elevated BMD is detected by osteodensitometry, especially dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. Illustrated here, the absence of upper limits for BMD in the WHO criteria jeopardizes recognition of high-BMD disease for all age groups. This oversight requires correction using Z-scores.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1094-6950
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
8
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Misinterpretation of osteodensitometry with high bone density: BMD Z > or = + 2.5 is not "normal".
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Bone and Mineral Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA. mwhyte@shrinenet.org
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't