PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Wong, S C
AU  - Khanna, S
AU  - Rashid, R
AU  - Ahmed, S F
TI  - Auditing bone densitometry and fractures in children with chronic disease
AID  - 10.1136/adc.2007.118265
DP  - 2008 Aug 01
TA  - Archives of Disease in Childhood
PG  - 705--707
VI  - 93
IP  - 8
4099  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/93/8/705.short
4100  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/93/8/705.full
SO  - Arch Dis Child2008 Aug 01; 93
AB  - In a retrospective analysis of bone densitometry scans performed in an audit of 576 children with chronic disease, lean-mass-adjusted bone mineral content (BMC) for the total body and the lumbar spine was marginally lower in children with fractures. However, the predictive ability of different bone mineral densities (BM) and BMC cut-offs to identify fracture risk in children with chronic disease needs to be tested for specific disease conditions in larger prospective studies.