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KMID : 0386719940060020242
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Journal of the Korean Hip Society
1994 Volume.6 No. 2 p.242 ~ p.249
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Bone Mineral Density in Patients with Hip Fractures
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Abstract
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Accurate measurement of BMD(Bone mineral density) is very important for evaluation of osteoporosis. Recenttly DEXA(Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry) has been known to be an accurate, objective, easily reproducible method for
measuring
BMD.
Tc investigate the level of BMD, we measured BMD in 33 patients with hip fractures. They were 14 femoral neck and 10 intertrochanteric fractures. 12 patients were male and 21 patients were female.
The average BMD was 0.672 in the neck, 0.470 in Ward's triangle and 0.597 in the trochanter, In comparison with the normal control group investigated by Ahn et al, the BMD in fracture group was about 76% of normal control group.
The Singh Index had close correlation with the degree of BMD. BMD decreased with the increase of age by about 10% decennially after 50 years. The BMD showed colse correlation with the height and weight of the patients. The BMD was
higher
in
neck fracture group compared with intertrochanteric fracture group even thougn it was not statistically significant.
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