Relationship between bone mineral densit
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Matthew Austin; Yu-Ching Yang; Eric Vittinghoff; Silvano Adami; Steven Boonen; D
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Article
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2012
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American Society for Bone and Mineral Research
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English
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Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometric bone mineral density (DXA BMD) is a strong predictor of fracture risk in untreated patients. However, previous patient-level studies suggest that BMD changes explain little of the fracture risk reduction observed with osteoporosis treatment. We investigated the rele