T-Score/Z-Score Mythology

Name	AC	CK
Osteopenia	3	30
Osteoporosis	3	30
Bone Fractures	1	10

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Focus

Osteopenia

Osteoporosis

Bone Fractures

Name	AC	CK	Focus
DXA Scans	2	20

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DXA Scans

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DXA-generated Z-scores and T-scores may differ substantially and significantly in young adults.Oct 01, 2007

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Pubmed Data : J Clin Densitom. 2007 Oct-Dec;10(4):351-8. Epub 2007 Jul 26. PMID: 17662630

Article Published Date : Oct 01, 2007

Study Type : Human Study

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Diseases : Osteopenia, Osteoporosis

Additional Keywords : T-Score/Z-Score Mythology

Anti Therapeutic Actions : DXA Scans

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The majority of those patients who will sustain a low-trauma fracture do not meet the T-score definition of osteoporosis. Conversely, younger individuals with BD in the osteoporotic range but no other risk factors have relatively low rates of fracture.Mar 01, 2012

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Pubmed Data : Curr Osteoporos Rep. 2012 Mar ;10(1):28-41. PMID: 22274642

Article Published Date : Mar 01, 2012

Study Type : Human Study

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Diseases : Bone Fractures, Osteopenia, Osteoporosis

Additional Keywords : T-Score/Z-Score Mythology

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Thirty-nine percent of Hologic (Hologic, Inc., Bedford, MA) subjects and 30% of Lunar (GE Lunar, GE Madison, WI) subjects diagnosed with "osteoporosis" by T-score were reclassified as either "normal" or "osteopenia" when their Z-score was used.Jan 01, 2009

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Pubmed Data : J Clin Densitom. 2009 Jan-Mar;12(1):11-6. PMID: 19195620

Article Published Date : Jan 01, 2009

Study Type : Human Study

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Diseases : Osteopenia, Osteoporosis

Additional Keywords : T-Score/Z-Score Mythology

Anti Therapeutic Actions : DXA Scans

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DXA-generated Z-scores and T-scores may differ substantially and significantly in young adults.Oct 01, 2007

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The majority of those patients who will sustain a low-trauma fracture do not meet the T-score definition of osteoporosis. Conversely, younger individuals with BD in the osteoporotic range but no other risk factors have relatively low rates of fracture.Mar 01, 2012

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Thirty-nine percent of Hologic (Hologic, Inc., Bedford, MA) subjects and 30% of Lunar (GE Lunar, GE Madison, WI) subjects diagnosed with "osteoporosis" by T-score were reclassified as either "normal" or "osteopenia" when their Z-score was used.Jan 01, 2009

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DXA-generated Z-scores and T-scores may differ substantially and significantly in young adults.Oct 01, 2007

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The majority of those patients who will sustain a low-trauma fracture do not meet the T-score definition of osteoporosis. Conversely, younger individuals with BD in the osteoporotic range but no other risk factors have relatively low rates of fracture.Mar 01, 2012

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Thirty-nine percent of Hologic (Hologic, Inc., Bedford, MA) subjects and 30% of Lunar (GE Lunar, GE Madison, WI) subjects diagnosed with "osteoporosis" by T-score were reclassified as either "normal" or "osteopenia" when their Z-score was used.Jan 01, 2009

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