Evaluation of the usefulness of Dual Energy x­ ray Absorptiometry(DEXA) for diagnosis of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women

Abstract

Osteoporosis is a major worldwide public health problem.The clinical data of 50 postmenopausal women with abnormal imaging were analyzed. The purpose of the study was to study a group of postmenopausal women at clinical risk for osteoporosis. In addition to correlate between the QCT densitometry and dual energy x-ray absorptiometry. We confirmed that there is a progressive loss of bone mineral density with the advancement of age. Also, we concluded that the DEXA is a rapid, of high precision level, more accurate and safe non-invasive technique than QCT. So, DEXA is the gold standard with which all other technologies are compared. In addition we found that there was a significat difference as regards lifestyle.