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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL DENSITOMETRY
Volume 4, Issue 1, Pages 25-29Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1385/JCD:4:1:25
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osteoporosis; developmental disabilities; quantitative ultrasound; calcaneus
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This study was designed to assess the prevalence and severity of low bone mineral density in an institutionalized population of postmenopausal women (n = 79) with developmental disabilities, using quantitative ultrasound of the calcaneus. The results demonstrate that this population has a significantly lower quantitative ultrasound index (QUI) of the calcaneus compared with a referent population of age-matched control subjects without mental disabilities. We used the QUI T-score threshold of <-2.0 standard deviations (SDs) to define individuals at high risk for osteoporosis, and 82% of the study participants met this criterion. Furthermore, approx 43% of the population had a heel QUI that was more than 2 SDs below that of age-matched control subjects, consistent. with a severe degree of demineralization.
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