Surgery

Postmenopausal women

Bone mineral

Bone density

Dentistry

Placebo

Alternative medicine

Bone Density Conservation Agents

Osteopenia

Internal medicine

Confidence interval

Vitamin D and neurology

Hazard ratio

Medicine

Femoral neck

Bisphosphonate

Osteoporosis

Pathology

New England Journal of Medicine

Bisphosphonates prevent fractures in patients with osteoporosis, but their efficacy in women with osteopenia is unknown. Most fractures in postmenopausal women occur in those with osteopenia, so therapies that are effective in women with osteopenia are needed.

Fracture Prevention with Zoledronate in Older Women with Osteopenia