Importance of Ethnic Base Standard References for the Diagnosis of Osteoporosis in Thai Women

• Main Authors: Namwongprom S., Rojnastein S., Mangklabruks A., Soontrapa S., Wongboontan C., Ongphiphadhanakul B.
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier Inc. 2015
• Subjects: Orthopedics and Sports Medicine; Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism; Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
• Online Access: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=84864306061&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/38214
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

Many studies demonstrated the importance of using ethnic-specific normal database in the diagnosis of osteoporosis (OP). Aims of this study were to assess diagnostic agreement, prevalence of OP, and diagnostic misclassification between Caucasian, Japanese, and Thai normal databases.The cross-section...