Predicting predisposition to osteoporosis
US4740364A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 27, 1985 |
| Grant date | Apr 26, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 27, 2005 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T436/147777
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method of providing a diagnostic indicia which is predictive of the risk of a non-osteoporotic human being contracting osteoporosis as a consequence of being in a long-term hormonally agonadal state, which comprises the steps of determining the average ratio of calcium to creatinine in the urine or in the blood of that person, during a period when the person is ingesting only foodstuff sources of calcium and vitamin D, while in a hormonally gonadal state, and also while in a hormonally agonadal state; determining the magnitude of the difference in the ratio obtained in the latter state compared to the former state, a large difference being predictive of a high risk of that person contracting osteoporosis.
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