Majority of hip fragility fractures among older people can be predicted by a DXA examination: an updated analysis of literature results and empirical Chinese data with a focus on the validation of the newly proposed osteofrailia criterion for men
If a DXA scan is regularly performed, approximately 70% of the hip FFx incidents can be predicted for older women and men.
Authors
- James Francis Griffith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5206-9382)
- Jason Leung (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3382-9096)
- Timothy Kwok (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9253-3549)
- Yi-Xiang Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4021-4228)
Institutions
- Chinese University of Hong Kong (HK)
- Hong Kong Jockey Club (HK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery
- Published
- 2024-12-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.21037/qims-2024-2568
- Citations
- 6
- Primary Topic
- Bone health and osteoporosis research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.87