Gut 2000;46(Suppl 1):I1-I8
( January )
Guidelines for osteoporosis in coeliac disease and inflammatory
bowel disease
E M Scotta, I Gaywoodc, B B Scottb, for the British
Society of Gastroenterology
a Department of
Endocrinology, St James's University Hospital, Leeds LS9 7TF, UK, b Department of
Gastroenterology, County Hospital, Greetwell Road, Lincoln LN2 5QY, UK, c Department of Rheumatology,
County Hospital
Correspondence to: Dr B B Scott.
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1.0 The problem |
Osteoporotic fractures are a major public health problem. It has
been estimated that in the USA the remaining lifetime fracture risk at
the age of 50 years is 40% for white women and 13% for white
men,1 the major fracture sites being spine, forearm and hip. This results in considerable morbidity and mortality and rising
costs, including acute hospital care and long term care in the home or
nursing home. The estimated total annual cost of osteoporotic fractures
in England and Wales is £742 million ($464 million).2
These costs are likely to increase as the population ages.
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2.0 Screening |
2.1 BONE MINERAL DENSITY
Osteoporosis can be reliably detected by measurement of bone
mineral density (BMD), which can be expressed as the number of SDs
above or below either the mean BMD for young adults (T score) or the
mean BMD for age matched controls (Z score). A BMD more than 2.5 SD
below the . . . [Full text of this article]
