Correlation of Quantitative Ultrasound Parameters of the Calcaneus With Bone Density of the Spine and Hip in Women With Prevalent Hypovitaminosis D

Saadi, Hussain F; Reed, Richard; Carter, Anne O.; Al-Suhaili, A. R.

doi:10.1385/jcd:7:3:313

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“…DEXA of the os calcis correlates well with conventional site DEXA and is a cheaper alternative. 39 For adult scoliotic patients, the best measurement to determine the presence of osteoporosis are the hip z and t values, as shown by the present and other studies 19 ; alternatively, DEXA scans of the radius, os calcis, and quantitative ultrasound can be used. A caveat to DEXA scans of the hip is osteoarthritis, which can cause falsely elevated BMD, similar to the degenerative changes in the spine discussed in this study.…”

Section: Severity Of Osteoporosis and Scoliosismentioning

confidence: 74%

Discordantly High Spinal Bone Mineral Density Values in Patients With Adult Lumbar Scoliosis

Pappou

Girardi²,

Sandhu³

et al. 2006

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Cobb's angle measurements on DEXA scans are reliable and comparable to conventional radiographs. Spinal BMD values are less valuable for monitoring osteoporosis than hip values in scoliotic patients; an increasing discrepancy with age was noted. Scoliotic patients exhibited discordantly high spinal BMD values, despite significant hip osteoporosis. The discrepancy correlated with aging and curve magnitude. Scoliosis was common among the osteoporotic population (9.47%). Lumbar scoliosis is a useful clinical marker for osteoporosis, irrespective of scoliosis history and magnitude. Viable alternatives for osteoporosis evaluation of adult patients with lumbar scoliosis are hip DEXA values, in conjunction with other BMD measurements.

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Section: Severity Of Osteoporosis and Scoliosismentioning

confidence: 74%

Discordantly High Spinal Bone Mineral Density Values in Patients With Adult Lumbar Scoliosis

Pappou

Girardi²,

Sandhu³

et al. 2006

Spine

117

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“…In addition to the practical advantages, a measurement of ultrasonic properties should in theory be directly related to the material properties of bone, thus providing a non-invasive measurement of bone structure or quality beyond that obtainable from a density measurement alone. Since the outcome of BMD measurements is accepted by the WHO as the gold standard for the diagnosis of osteoporosis, it is useful to compare QUS with BMD [24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33] .…”

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confidence: 99%

The role of quantitative ultrasound in predicting osteoporosis defined by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry in pre- and postmenopausal women

Dane

Çetin

et al. 2008

Climacteric

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“…Some of these studies are listed in Table 5. [47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54] Saadi et al [47] correlated the quantitative ultrasound (QUS) parameters of the calcaneus with bone density (BMD) in the hip and spine in Arabian women with different degrees of vitamin D deficiency. The correlations of QUS parameters with spine and hip BMD were modest for the spine and hip, respectively, for all comparisons, but stronger in postmenopausal women.…”

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Paradoxical Vitamin D deficiency in a sunny country: A narrative review of the literature from the United Arab Emirates (1992–2018)

Beshyah

Hafidh

Abdelmannan

et al. 2019

Ibnosina Journal of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

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Invited Review IntroduCtIonVitamin D deficiency (VDD) is a global problem, which is related to lack of sunlight exposure, with a contribution from reduced dietary intake. [1,2] VDD affects mainly the skeletal structure and function. In addition, there are a number of recognized nonskeletal effects that have wide ramifications. [3] Despite living in a sunny country all year round, paradoxically, hypovitaminosis D with clearly demonstrable low serum Vitamin D levels has been repeatedly recorded in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the surrounding Arabian Gulf countries. This problem has attracted increasing clinical and academic interests. However, the relevant publications are too widely scattered in different types of journals of different levels of access for the interested clinician and researcher to follow them and may be difficult to grasp them. Hence, in the present article, we aimed to present a narration of the international literature focusing on Vitamin D status and the clinical implications of its deficiency to make it available for practicing clinicians and researchers developing a new interest in the subject. materIals and methodsThis is a narrative nonsystematic review of the literature on the epidemiological and clinical aspects of Vitamin D status in the UAE, a country which is invariably sunny on a daily basis all the year round. PubMed search was conducted Deficiency of Vitamin D is a global problem related to lack of sunlight exposure and reduced dietary intake. Vitamin D deficiency (VDD) affects mainly skeletal structure and function but has a number of recognized nonskeletal effects that have wide ramifications. It sounds ironic that low serum Vitamin D levels are widely documented in a sunny country like the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The study objective was to review the literature on VDD in the UAE. This is a narrative nonsystematic review of the literature on the epidemiological and clinical aspects of Vitamin D status in the UAE based on PubMed search using two search terms "Vitamin D" and "Emirates." We discuss the various themes that emerged as follows: epidemiology and disease burden of VDD in the UAE population in general and in specific groups (adults, children, females, and pregnant and nursing mothers); awareness of dietary intake, climate, genetics, and metabolic factors affecting serum Vitamin D levels; and the overview of current clinical management guidelines, interventional trials, and clinical practices. VDD is a widely documented health problem in the UAE population as a whole and in several special groups. This may have serious skeletal and nonskeletal health implications.

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Correlation of Quantitative Ultrasound Parameters of the Calcaneus With Bone Density of the Spine and Hip in Women With Prevalent Hypovitaminosis D

Cited by 7 publications

References 21 publications

Discordantly High Spinal Bone Mineral Density Values in Patients With Adult Lumbar Scoliosis

Discordantly High Spinal Bone Mineral Density Values in Patients With Adult Lumbar Scoliosis

The role of quantitative ultrasound in predicting osteoporosis defined by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry in pre- and postmenopausal women

Paradoxical Vitamin D deficiency in a sunny country: A narrative review of the literature from the United Arab Emirates (1992–2018)

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