High levels of bone turnover markers (BTMs) may help predict which people are at greatest risk of suffering fragility fractures due to osteoporosis, according to a position paper by an international team of researchers.
A review of 22 studies conducted over a decade found that high levels of BTMs may predict fracture risk independently from bone mineral density (BMD) in postmenopausal women, Samuel D. Vasikaran, MBBS, MD, of the Royal Perth Hospital in Perth, Australia, and colleagues reported online in the journal Osteoporosis International.
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