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Hip fracture is frequent in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis. The aim of this work was to assess bone mass in women with hip fracture and compare it with that of normal women. Bone densities of lumbar spine (considering areas with and without spondylosis), femoral neck, greater trochanter, and unfractured hip Ward's triangle were measured with a double beam isotopic densitometer. Thirty-one women aged 58-95 years old were studied and compared with normal women studied at the same laboratory. Bone densities in fractured and normal women were 0.82 +/- 0.16 and 0.85 +/- 0.05 g/cm2 in lumbar spine respectively (NS), 0.74 +/- 0.15 and 0.85 +/- 0.05 g/cm2 in lumbar spine without spondylosis respectively (p < 0.001), 0.60 +/- 0.11 and 0.65 +/- 0.08 g/cm2 in femoral neck respectively (NS), 0.49 +/- 0.09 and 0.57 +/- 0.05 g/cm2 in greater trochanter respectively (p < 0.001) and 0.48 +/- 0.12 and 0.52 +/- 0.09 g/cm2 in Ward's triangle respectively (NS). It is concluded that the larger differences in bone density between women with and without hip fracture are observed in the greater trochanter.
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PMID:[Evaluation of bone mass in hip fractures measuring lumbar spine and contralateral hip with bone densitometry]. 872 36

Hip fracture greatly impairs quality of life in patients with osteoporosis. Measurement of bone mineral density (BMD) in the hip, which is closely related to fracture risk, is therefore diagnostically important. Furthermore, since in some elderly individuals lumbar BMD may be overestimated because of vertebral fracture or spondylosis deformans, measurement of hip BMD is also important. However, hip BMD is unlikely to be measured as often as lumbar BMD in Japan. A questionnaire survey was conducted to determine how many institutions measure hip BMD. A total of 861 institutions responded to the survey, 596 (69%) of which performed hip bone densitometry. The number of such institutions per million population was calculated to be 4.7. Measurement of hip BMD was more frequent in university hospitals than in general hospitals, clinics, and non-medical institutions. Furthermore, 298 (51%) of 590 institutions measured hip BMD in more than 75% of all bone densitometry examinees. This is the first report on the current status of utilization of hip bone densitometry in Japan.
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PMID:Current status of hip bone densitometry in Japan: a nationwide survey. 2042 28