Affiliations 

  • 1 Hospital Queen Elizabeth II, Radiology Department, Lorong Bersatu, Off Jalan Damai, Luyang, 88300, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. najura72@yahoo.com
Med J Malaysia, 2012 Oct;67(5):487-90.
PMID: 23770864 MyJurnal

Abstract

This short-term study which was carried out in a small group of pre- and postmenopausal women at Hospital Raja Perempuan Zainab II (HRPZII) aims to compare between Tscores detected by heel Quantitative Ultrasound (QUS) and by Dual X-ray Absorptiometry (DXA) of the hip and spine. The prevalence of osteoporosis by heel QUS was 63.3% and up to 16.7% by DXA. Insufficient or weak agreement exists between T-score measurements by heel QUS and axial DXA. Significant correlations were found between measurements of T-scores by both methods, with r values from 0.364 to 0.91. Although some correlation was found, significant discrepancy in the frequency of osteoporosis using different methods and sites is substantial.

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