Diagnostic usefulness of bone mineral density and biochemical markers of bone turnover in predicting fracture in CKD stage 5D patients--a single-center cohort study

Abstract

Hemodialyzed patients with low or high PTH or increased b-AP had a high fracture risk. BMD by Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DEXA), especially at the total hip region, was useful to predict any type of incident of fracture for females with low PTH or to discriminate prevalent spine fracture for every patient.