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Issue: Vol. 562 No. 1 (2026)
Section: Các bài báo
DOI: 10.51298/vmj.v562i1.18431
Date Published: 10/08/2026
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Lê, T. H., Nguyễn, T. S., & Nguyễn, H. T. (2026). ASSESSMENT OF DISTAL RADIAL BONE MINERAL DENSITY AND BONE AGE USING THE BONECHECK MODEL IN POSTMENOPAUSAL OSTEOPOROTIC PATIENTS WITH LUMBAR SPINE OSTEOARTHRITIS. Vietnam Medical Journal, 562(1). https://doi.org/10.51298/vmj.v562i1.18431

ASSESSMENT OF DISTAL RADIAL BONE MINERAL DENSITY AND BONE AGE USING THE BONECHECK MODEL IN POSTMENOPAUSAL OSTEOPOROTIC PATIENTS WITH LUMBAR SPINE OSTEOARTHRITIS

Trung Hiếu Lê1, Tiến Sơn Nguyễn2, Huy Thông Nguyễn2,
1 Học viện Quân y
2 Bệnh viện Quân y 103

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Abstract

Objectives: To assess distal radius bone mineral density (BMD), BONEcheck bone age, anthropometric features, and fracture risk in postmenopausal osteoporotic women with lumbar spine degeneration.


Subjects and methods: Cross‑sectional study of 87 postmenopausal women ≥50 years with osteoporosis and lumbar spondylosis. BMD was measured by DXA at distal radius, lumbar spine, and proximal femur; bone age and 5‑year untreated fracture risk were calculated by BONEcheck.


Results: BMD (g/cm²): 1/3 radius 0,448 ± 0,070; mid‑distal radius 0,367 ± 0,065; ultra‑distal radius 0,286 (IQR 0,256-0,310); total radius 0,366 ± 0,053, all significantly lower than lumbar spine (L1-L4) 0,667 (IQR 0,594-0,749) (Friedman, p<0,05). Chronological age, bone age and 5‑year untreated fracture risk correlated negatively with 1/3 radius BMD (r = -0.451, -0.460, -0.360).


Conclusion: Distal radius BMD, bone age and BONEcheck‑derived fracture risk are useful for diagnosis and fracture‑risk stratification in these patients.

Keywords

Osteoporosis, BMD, distal radius, BONEcheck, osteoarthritis

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