Prepared by:
Oregon Health & Science University Evidence-based Practice Center
Portland, Oregon
Heidi D. Nelson, M.D., M.P.H.
Principal Investigator
Cynthia D. Morris, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Dale F. Kraemer, Ph.D.
Susan Mahon, M.P.H.
Nancy Carney, Ph.D.
Peggy M. Nygren, M.A.
Mark Helfand, M.D., M.P.H., EPC Director
File Name Description Software Version File Size __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 01front.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 97 SR-1 47KB 10 pages Contents: Title Page, Preface, Acknowledgments, Structured Abstract, Table of Contents __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 02summ.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 97 SR-1 55KB 10 pages Contents: Summary: Overview, Reporting the Evidence, Methodology, Findings, Future Research __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 03chap1.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 97 SR-1 122KB 20 pages Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction: Definition of Osteoporosis, Prevalence/Burden of Illness, Cost, Bone Measurement Tests, Assessing the Performance of Bone Measurement Tests, Previous Systematic Reviews, Conceptual Model __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 04chap2.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 97 SR-1 59KB 6 pages Contents: Chapter 2. Methods: Literature Search and Selection of Articles, Data Extraction and Synthesis, Assessment of Study Quality __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 05chap3.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 97 SR-1 392KB 46 pages Contents: Chapter 3. Results: Risk Factors, Bone Measurement Tests, Monitoring Therapy with Repeat Bone Measurement Tests, Biochemical Markers, Evaluation for Secondary Causes of Osteoporosis, Cost __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 06chap4.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 97 SR-1 41KB 8 pages Contents: Chapter 4. Conclusions: Risk Factors, Bone Measurement Testing, Monitoring, Biochemical Markers, Evaluation for Secondary Causes, Cost __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 07chap5.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 97 SR-1 24KB 2 pages Contents: Chapter 5. Future Research __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 08refs.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 97 SR-1 142KB 22 pages Contents: References __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 09etbl1.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 97 SR-1 137KB 11 pages Contents: Evidence Table 1. Risk factors for hip fracture: studies reporting multiple factors __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 10etbl2.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 97 SR-1 109KB 4 pages Contents: Evidence Table 2. Risk factors for low bone density: studies reporting multiple factors __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 11etbl3.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 97 SR-1 102KB 2 pages Contents: Evidence Table 3. Risk factors for bone loss: studies reporting multiple factors __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 12etbl4.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 97 SR-1 110KB 4 pages Contents: Evidence Table 4. Risk assessment tools __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 13etbl5.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 97 SR-1 123KB 2 pages Contents: Evidence Table 5. Prospective studies of bone measurement tests and fracture prediction (hip DXA and heel QUS) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 14etbl6.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 97 SR-1 115KB 1 page Contents: Evidence Table 6. Prospective studies of bone measurement tests and fracture prediction (spine, hand, forearm) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 15etbl7.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 97 SR-1 105KB 1 page Contents: Evidence Table 7. Effect of agreement between tests or sites and classification using T-scores __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 16etbl8.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 97 SR-1 132KB 3 pages Contents: Evidence Table 8. Studies of agreement between different bone measurement tests __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 17etbl9.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 97 SR-1 106KB 1 page Contents: Evidence Table 9. Recent studies of bone density change at the hip with treatment __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 18etbl10.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 97 SR-1 144KB 3 pages Contents: Evidence Table 10. Diagnostic accuracy studies of the agreement between markers and bone density __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 19etbl11.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 97 SR-1 108KB 2 pages Contents: Evidence Table 11. Prospective studies of markers to predict fracture in women not on treatment for osteoporosis __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 20etbl12.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 97 SR-1 101KB 1 page Contents: Evidence Table 12. Diagnostic accuracy of markers to predict fracture in women not on treatment for osteoporosis __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 21etbl13.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 97 SR-1 116KB 4 pages Contents: Evidence Table 13. Prospective studies of markers to predict bone loss in women not on treatment for osteoporosis __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 22etbl14.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 97 SR-1 133KB 5 pages Contents: Evidence Table 14. Studies of the diagnostic accuracy of markers to predict bone loss __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 23etbl15.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 97 SR-1 130KB 7 pages Contents: Evidence Table 15. Prospective studies of markers to monitor or predict response to therapy in women on treatment for osteoporosis __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 24etbl16.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 97 SR-1 122KB 3 pages Contents: Evidence Table 16. Diagnostic accuracy of markers in women on treatment for osteoporosis __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 25etbl17.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 97 SR-1 109KB 3 pages Contents: Evidence Table 17. Cost studies __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 26supp1.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 97 SR-1 78KB 14 pages Contents: Supplemental Analysis 1: Practice Variation in the Evaluation of Secondary Causes of Osteoporosis __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 27supp2.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 97 SR-1 585KB 32 pages Contents: Supplemental Analysis 2: Model-Based Economic Comparison of Diagnostic Alternatives __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 28biblio.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 97 SR-1 285KB 60 pages Contents: Bibliography __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 29appa.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 97 SR-1 36KB 8 pages Contents: Appendix A. Project Personnel, Local Panel and National Panel, and Peer Reviewers __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 30appb.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 97 SR-1 28KB 6 pages Contents: Appendix B. Search Strategies for Individual Topics __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 31appc.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 97 SR-1 28KB 4 pages Contents: Appendix C. Criteria for Grading the Internal Validity of Individual Studies __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 32appd.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 97 SR-1 150KB 22 pages Contents: Appendix D. Evaluation of Secondary Causes Guidelines Spreadsheet __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 33appe.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 97 SR-1 2KB 2 pages Contents: Appendix E. Acronyms and Abbreviations __________________________________________________________________________________________________________
AHRQ Publication No. 01-E032
Current as of November 2001
Internet Citation:
Osteoporosis in Postmenopausal Women: Diagnosis and Monitoring. File Inventory, Evidence Report/Technology Assessment Number 28. AHRQ Publication No. 01-E032, November 2001. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/osteoinv.htm
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