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| DC Field | Value | Language |
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| dc.contributor.author | Formosa, Melissa Marie | - |
| dc.contributor.author | Xuereb-Anastasi, Angela | - |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-04-08T16:03:07Z | - |
| dc.date.available | 2022-04-08T16:03:07Z | - |
| dc.date.issued | 2015 | - |
| dc.identifier.citation | Formosa, M. M., & Xuereb-Anastasi, A. (2015). Biochemical predictors of low bone mineral density and fracture susceptibility in Maltese postmenopausal women. IBMS BoneKEy, 13(685), P331. | en_GB |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/93269 | - |
| dc.description.abstract | BACKGROUND: Osteoporosis and fracture risk are polygenic conditions which result from an interplay of genetic, biochemical and environmental factors. A number of biochemical markers including serum calcium, total alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and albumin, were analysed in relation to bone mineral density (BMD) and different types of low-trauma fractures in Maltese postmenopausal women. Levels were also correlated with a number of clinical risk factors including physical activity and years since menopause (YSM). | en_GB |
| dc.description.abstract | METHODS: An age-matched case-control study of 1045 women was performed. Women who suffered low-trauma fractures were classified as cases whereas those without a fracture history were included as controls subdivided into normal, osteopenic or osteoporotic according to their BMD status. Blood specimens were collected following good standard practice and within 18 hours of fracture in the case of fresh-trauma fractures. Biochemical testing was performed using spectrophotometric analysis. | en_GB |
| dc.description.abstract | [excerpt] | en_GB |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
| dc.publisher | International Bone and Mineral Society (IBMS) | en_GB |
| dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | en_GB |
| dc.subject | Fractures -- Risk factors | en_GB |
| dc.subject | Bone density | en_GB |
| dc.subject | Osteoporosis in women -- Malta | en_GB |
| dc.subject | Biochemical markers | en_GB |
| dc.title | Biochemical predictors of low bone mineral density and fracture susceptibility in Maltese postmenopausal women | en_GB |
| dc.type | article | en_GB |
| dc.rights.holder | The copyright of this work belongs to the author(s)/publisher. The rights of this work are as defined by the appropriate Copyright Legislation or as modified by any successive legislation. Users may access this work and can make use of the information contained in accordance with the Copyright Legislation provided that the author must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the prior permission of the copyright holder. | en_GB |
| dc.bibliographicCitation.conferencename | 4th Joint Meeting of European Calcified Tissue Society and the International Bone and Mineral Society | en_GB |
| dc.bibliographicCitation.conferenceplace | Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 25-28/04/2015 | en_GB |
| dc.description.reviewed | peer-reviewed | en_GB |
| dc.publication.title | IBMS BoneKEy | en_GB |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacHScABS | |
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