1. Prevalence of osteoporosis in Iran: A meta-analysis
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Irani, Amin Doosti, Poorolajal, Jalal, Khalilian, Alireza, Esmailnasab, Nader, and Zahra Cheraghi
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meta-analysis ,osteopenia ,systematic review ,prevalence ,lcsh:R ,lcsh:Medicine ,Iran ,A Systematic Review ,osteoporosis - Abstract
Background: Several studies have investigated the prevalence of osteoporosis among general population in several parts of Iran. However, the results have been inconsistent. This meta-analysis was conducted to estimate the overall prevalence of osteoporosis. Materials and Methods: International and national electronic databases were searched until April 2012, including Web of Knowledge, Medline, Scopus, Ovid, ScienceDirect, Science Information Database, IranMedex, MagIran, as well the relevant conference databases. The reference lists of included studies were screened as well. The cross-sectional studies addressing the prevalence of osteoporosis among Iranian general population were retrieved irrespective of age and sex. Bone mineral density (BMD) based on T-score was classified as follows: (a) normal (T-score ≥−1); (b) osteopenia (–2.5SD < T-score
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- 2013