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根据加州大学洛杉矶分校为首的一项研究,一种测量骨骼健康的新方法或许能够提高正确诊断骨质疏松症和骨折风险的可能性。研究结果发表在《临床内分泌和代谢杂志》(the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism)。研究人员调查了美国近2000名妇女的数据,包括42～53岁的白人,非裔美国人,日本人和中国人。研究采用新型复合骨强度指标,预测该组女性在10年内骨折风险。他们发现,在没有考虑到妇女的种族或族裔时,新型工具就能够预测骨折风险,准确性与传统方法骨密度测量、种族和民族的信息一样高。
According to a study led by the University of California, Los Angeles, a new method of measuring bone health may improve the likelihood of a correct diagnosis of osteoporosis and fracture risk. The findings are published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. Researchers surveyed nearly 2,000 women in the United States, including whites, African Americans, Japanese and Chinese, aged 42-53. The study used a new composite bone strength index to predict the group of women fracture risk within 10 years. They found that new tools were able to predict the risk of fracture without regard to the ethnicity or ethnic origin of women with the same accuracy as traditional methods of measuring bone mineral density and race and ethnicity.