Vertebral Fractures in Type 2 Diabetes Patients: Utility of Trabecular Bone Score and Relationship With Serum Bone Turnover Biomarkers.

Background: Patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) have an increased risk for vertebral fracture (VF). The aim of this study is to determine the utility of trabecular bone score (TBS) in T2D patients with VF and the relationship of TBS with serum bone turnover biomarkers (SBTBs).

Methodology: Postmenopausal T2D female patients were prospectively enrolled.

Effect of Chemotherapy on Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DXA) Body Composition Precision Error in Head and Neck Cancer Patients.

Background: Precision error in dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is defined as difference in results due to instrumental and technical factors given no biologic change. The aim of this study is to compare precision error in DXA body composition scans in head and neck cancer patients before and 2 months after chemotherapy.

Methodology: A total of 34 male head and neck cancer patients with normal body mass index (BMI) were prospectively enrolled and all patients received 2 consecutive DXA scans both before and after 2 months of chemotherapy for a total of 4 scans.

Status of bone strength and factors associated with vertebral fracture in postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes.

Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the status of bone mass, microarchitecture, and factors associated with vertebral fracture in postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).

Methods: We consecutively enrolled 285 women (aged 60.7 ± 6.

Risk factors and quality of life for the occurrence of hip fracture in postmenopausal women.

Background: To identify the risk factors and changes of quality of life in the first occurrence of hip fracture in Taiwanese postmenopausal women.

Methods: In this case-control study, we enrolled 100 postmenopausal women with accidental first-incident hip fracture and 100 women without hip fracture. The control group was matched to the study group according to age.

Correlation of quality of life with risk factors for first-incident hip fracture in postmenopausal women.

Aim: The aim of this study was to identify the correlation between health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and risk factors of first-incidence hip fracture in postmenopausal women.

Methods: This case-control study included 99 postmenopausal women with first-incident hip fracture and 101 women without hip fracture who were matched according to age. Evaluation consisted of clinical factors, 36-item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36) and dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry for bone mineral density of hip and spine.

Risk factor for first-incident hip fracture in Taiwanese postmenopausal women.

Objective: The variation in hip fracture risk between countries is greater than 10-fold. The present study aimed at identifying risk factors that resulted in the first occurrence of hip fracture in Taiwanese postmenopausal women.

Materials And Methods: A case-control study with a patient group of 50 postmenopausal women, who were admitted to Keelung Chang Gung Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan due to the first incident of accidental hip fracture, was used to examine potential risk factors, including bone mass.

Application of the World Health Organization Fracture Risk Assessment Tool to predict need for dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry scanning in postmenopausal women.

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of the World Health Organization Fracture Risk Assessment Tool, excluding bone mineral density (pre-BMD FRAX), in identifying Taiwanese postmenopausal women needing dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) examination for further treatment.

Materials And Methods: The pre-BMD FRAX score was calculated for 231 postmenopausal women who participated in public health education workshops in the local Keelung community, Taiwan. DXA scanning and vertebral fracture assessment (VFA) were arranged for women classified as intermediate or high risk for fracture using the pre-BMD FRAX fracture probability.

Real-time PCR detection of Staphylococcus aureus in milk and meat using new primers designed from the heat shock protein gene htrA sequence.

Staphylococcus aureus may cause foodborne disease outbreaks and staphylococcal infections and is one of the major causes of mastitis. Rapid and reliable methods for detection of this microorganism in milk and other foods are needed. In this study, we designed a primer set from the sequence of the heat shock protein gene htrA, a gene coding for high-temperature-requirement A (HtrA) protein, and used it for real-time PCR detection of S.