Osteoporosis self-assessment tool for Asians and calcaneal quantitative ultrasound for identifying primary osteoporosis in Taiwanese postmenopausal women
QUS and OSTA are radiation-free, portable, less expensive and time-consuming, and effective screening tools for primary osteoporosis in Taiwanese postmenopausal women, with QUS being the superior method under WHO osteoporosis definition. After further age-stratified analysis for detecting primary osteoporosis in Taiwanese postmenopausal women, QUS outperformed OSTA in those aged 45 - 65, while OSTA outperformed QUS in those aged 66 - 80.
Authors
- Dung-Huan Liu
- Pei-Ching Wu
- Chih-Sheng Lin
Institutions
- National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (TW)
- China Medical University (TW)
- China Medical University Hospital (TW)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Endocrinology
- Published
- 2025-09-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2025.1639176
- Primary Topic
- Bone health and osteoporosis research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- China Medical University Hospital
- China Medical University
- Division of Materials Research