The yield of routine laboratory examination in osteoporosis evaluation in primary care.

Thomas Merlijn Karin M A SwartChristy NiemeijerHenriëtte E van der Horst Coen J Netelenbos Petra J M Elders

Published in: Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA (2024)

We identified a low prevalence of laboratory abnormalities in a primary care population of older women and the majority of these findings had no medical consequences.

Keyphrases

primary care
healthcare
postmenopausal women
general practice
risk factors
bone mineral density
clinical practice
body composition