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Development and validation of cluster-specific diagnostic models for osteoporosis in chronic kidney disease patients: based on NHANES and CRDS data

Key takeaways

Researchers built a tool to predict which people with kidney disease also have thinning, fragile bones (osteoporosis). Kidney disease damages bone, so spotting it early matters for avoiding fractures. They sorted patients into groups and made a separate prediction model for each group, then tested the models on two databases, one American and one Chinese. This is prediction work built on observational data, so it flags who is at risk, it does not prove what causes the bone loss.

Who did this work

Zicheng Liu (Third Affiliated Hospital of Southern Medical University) · Sha Fu (Third Affiliated Hospital of Southern Medical University) · Yi Lu (First Affiliated Hospital of University of South China) · Junzhe Chen (Third Affiliated Hospital of Southern Medical University) · Lili Zhou (Southern Medical University) · Sheng Nie (Southern Medical University) · Ying Tang (Third Affiliated Hospital of Southern Medical University)

Source

Paper · OpenAlex, Kidney disease concept sweep (verified C2778653478) · 2026-08-19
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-026-05258-5