Tokyo, Aug. 31 -- UMIN Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN-CTR) received information related to the study (UMIN000058939) titled 'Prospective and Retrospective Research for the Diagnosis of Osteoporosis: Validation and Establishment of Vertebral Hounsfield Unit' on Aug. 30.
Study Type:
Observational
Primary Sponsor:
Institute - Osaka Metropolitan University
Condition:
Condition - Ostoporosis
Classification by malignancy - Others
Genomic information - NO
Objective:
Narrative objectives1 - In this study, following the same approach used when establishing the DXA reference values (Looker A et al. Osteoporosis International 1998), bone mineral density in young adults (20 - 44 years) is calculated and used as the reference, with osteoporosis def...