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fracture threshold

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fracture threshold,
a measure of bone density used in predicting osteoporosis risk factors. Various investigators have established different methods of interpreting bone density data. One method predicts that 95% of women will have vertebral fractures if their trabecular bone volume is less than 14% of the mean.
fracture threshold
Bone physiology A theoretical cancellous bone density below which osteoporosis-related fractures occur. See Osteoporosis Imaging A benchmark–below which fractures are more common–determined by bone densitometry.
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Of adult women with anorexia nervosa, 38% have osteoporosis, and 50% have a bone mineral density (BMD) level below the fracture threshold.
Anorexia raises risk of long-term bone damage by Rutledge, Barbara J. / Clinical Psychiatry News
The decrease in bone quality may not only cause individuals to cross a fracture threshold earlier, but, we hypothesize, it may also impede normal fracture healing.
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