Bone mineral density assessment according to Italian essential assistance levels: a positive predictive value analysis based on administrative data
Veronica Abate, Anita Vergatti, Guido Cavati, Simone Magelli, Alfonso Varriale, Daniela Merlotti, Gianpaolo De Filippo, Gaetano Piccinocchi, Lanfranco D’Elia, Luigi Gennari, Domenico Rendina · 2025
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Description
Veronica Abate and co-authors check how well the rules for bone scans in Italy pick out people with thin bones, in a study from 2025. Thin bones raise the risk of breaks, and a scan is the best test for the state. The rules set who should get a scan, for bone loss from age or from other illness and drugs.
The team used health records for more than twenty four thousand adults sent for a scan. The scan backed the doubt in about eight in ten women and in a lower share of men for age linked loss. For loss from other causes, the scan backed the doubt in about eight in ten of both sexes. The authors call the rules a useful tool, with a clear gap by sex for age linked loss.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Veronica Abate, Anita Vergatti, Guido Cavati, Simone Magelli, Alfonso Varriale, Daniela Merlotti, Gianpaolo De Filippo, Gaetano Piccinocchi, Lanfranco D’Elia, Luigi Gennari, Domenico Rendina |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 25 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |