ba0005p378 | Osteoporosis: pathophysiology and epidemiology | ECTS2016
Waghdhare Swati
, Kaushal Neelam
, Jalali Rajinder K
, Vohora Divya
, Jha Sujeet
Introduction: Osteoporosis is a global public health problem affecting more than 200 million people worldwide. Osteoporosis has clinical and public health implications because of the mortality, morbidity, and cost of medical care associated with osteoporotic fractures. The World Health Organization (WHO) has defined criteria for assessing bone status by DEXA, which are defined by the T-score, which is the number of standard deviations (SDs) by which a patientÂ’s t...