Title

Understanding the Burden of Osteoporosis and Use of the World Health Organization FRAX

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Fall 9-2012

Abstract

Fracture prevention is a critical component of managing osteoporosis, which is no longer defined by T-score alone. The internationally validated World Health Organization Fracture Risk Assessment Tool (FRAX) provides the clinician a state-of-the-art tool for predicting patients at greatest risk for fracture. The FRAX tool takes into account country, bone mineral density of the hip (when available), age, sex, and 8 clinical risk factors to calculate the 10-year probability of a major osteoporotic fracture and the 10-year probability of a hip fracture. From this tool, an absolute fracture risk is generated, aiding clinicians in determining which patients with low bone mass and osteoporosis to treat.

Comments

Copyright 2012, SLACK Incorporated.

doi: 10.3928/01477447-20120822-12

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