Screening for Osteoporosis in Older Men: Operating Characteristics of Proposed Strategies for Selecting Men for BMD Testing.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The optimal approach for selecting men for bone mineral density (BMD) testing to screen for osteoporosis is uncertain.

Objective

To compare strategies for selecting older men for screening BMD testing.

Design

Prospective cohort study.

Participants

A total of 4043 community-dwelling men aged ≥70 years at four US sites.

Main measures

BMD at the total hip, femoral neck, and lumbar spine using dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA). Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, positive likelihood ratio, negative likelihood ratio, and area under the receiver operating curve (AUC) of the Osteoporosis Self-Assessment Tool (OST) and Fracture Risk Assessment Tool (FRAX) without BMD to discriminate between those with a

SUBMITTER: Diem SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5653561 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature