METHOD OF DIAGNOSING DEVELOPMENT OF SYSTEMIC OSTEOPOROSIS IN MEN OVER 50 YEARS OLD Russian patent published in 2010 - IPC A61B5/107 A61B10/00 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: man's age, weight, presence of fractures in medical history, presence of rheumatoid arthritis are determined. Value of F_m index is calculated by formula: F_m=(A-B)/20+3×C+D-0.2; where A is patient's age (number of complete years); B is patient's weight (number of full kilograms); C is coefficient which shows presence of fractures and takes value 0 or 1: C=1, if in last 10 years patient had low-traumatic fracture, C=0, if there are no fractures in medical history; D is coefficient which shows presence of rheumatoid arthritis and takes value 0 or 1: D=1, if patient has diagnosis "rheumatoid arthritis", D=0, if patient does not have rheumatoid arthritis. In case if F_m>0, osteoporosis is diagnosed, if F_m<0, it is concluded that there is no osteoporosis.

EFFECT: method allows to increase efficiency of diagnosing systemic osteoporosis in men over 50 years old.

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