Osteoporosis

Acronym: Osteoporosis

Defined by a BMD value at either the femur neck or lumbar spine or both that is 2.5 SDs or more below the BMD of a young female adult mean value. Citation: Sarafrazi N, Wambogo EA, Shepherd JA. Osteoporosis or low bone mass in older adults: United States, 2017–2018. NCHS Data Brief, no 405. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2021. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.15620/cdc:103477.