Diagnosis,prevention and therapy of primary osteoporosis / 中华内分泌代谢杂志

ABSTRACT

Osteoporosis is a skeletal disorder characterized by compromised bone strength predisposing a person to an increased risk of fracture.Bone strength primarily reflects the integration of bone density and bone quality.Here the current status of diagnosis,prevention and treatment on osteoporosis is introduced briefly.The diagnosis based on the criteria of World Health Orgnization by bone mineral density measurement(Dual-energy X- ray absorptiometry).Prevention is of the primary importance,pay more attention to the education to people and medical doctors for correcting their misleading concept.There are different opinions about intervention threshold which has to be investigated further.More progress has been made on osteoporosis therapy,according to the feature of illness,evidence-based medicine,analysis on reducing fracture risk and cost-effectiveness help to determine the drug selection.