P078 The prevalence and assessment of abnormal thyroid function tests in postmenopausal women not taking hormone replacement

Quantitative computed tomography of the

Quantitative computed tomography of the lumbar spine, not dual x-ray absorptiometry, is an independent predictor of prevalent vertebral fractures in postmenopausal women with osteopenia receiving long-term glucocorticoid and hormone-replacement therapy

✍ Q. Rehman; T. Lang; G. Modin; N. E. Lane 📂 Article 📅 2002 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 55 KB 👁 2 views

## Abstract ## Objective To determine which measurement of bone mineral density (BMD) predicts vertebral fractures in a cohort of postmenopausal women with glucocorticoid‐induced osteoporosis. ## Methods We recruited 114 subjects into the study. All had osteopenia of the lumbar spine or hip, as