Abstract:Summary
Appropriate use of FRAX reduces the number of people requiring DXA scans, while contemporaneously determining those most at risk. We compared the results of FRAX with and without inclusion of BMD. It suggests clinicians to carefully consider the importance of BMD inclusion in fracture risk estimation or interpretation in individual patients.
Purpose
FRAX is a widely accepted tool to estimate the 10-year risk of hip … Show more
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