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Increased Osteoporosis Screening Rates Associated with the Provision of a Preventive Health Examination

Michael Grover, Matthew Anderson, Rita Gupta, Matthew Haden, Jennifer Hartmark-Hill, Lynn Marie Morski, Paul Sarmiento and Amylou Dueck
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine November 2009, 22 (6) 655-662; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2009.06.090040

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    Figure 1.

    Patients with and without a preventive health examination visit and rates of osteoporosis screening. BMD, bone mineral density; GME, general medical examination; MCA, Mayo Clinic Arizona.

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  • Table 1.

    Patient Demographics (n = 305)

    CharacteristicN (%)Mean ± SD (Range)First Quartile (25th Percentile)Third Quartile (75th Percentile)
    Age at GME (years)69.7 ± 3.17 (65–75)6773
    Smoking status
        Current20 (6.6)
        Former128 (42)
        Never157 (51.5)
    Alcohol intake (per day)
        <1249 (81.6)
        129 (9.5)
        >127 (8.9)
    Weight (kg)70.7 ± 13.48 (44.2–114.0)6178.8
    Body mass index27.2 ± 5.14 (17.7–47.0)23.430.1

    • GME, general medical examination.

  • Table 2.

    Results of Most Recent Bone Mineral Density Testing

    Worst T ScoreN (%)
    >−1 (normal bone density)61 (22.8)
    <−1 but >−2.5 (low bone mass)168 (62.7)
    <−2.5 (osteoporosis)39 (14.6)
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