FRAX 10-yr Fracture Risk in Rheumatoid Arthritis —Assessments With and Without Bone Mineral Density May Lead to Very Different Results in the Individual Patient

Objectives: FRAX is a computer-based algorithm developed by the World Health Organisation for estimation of the 10-yr risk of a hip or major osteoporotic fracture. Inclusion of femoral neck bone mineral density (BMD) in the estimation is optional. The study aimed to investigate the intra-individual agreement between FRAX fracture risk calculated with and without BMD in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods: Clinical data and BMD results from 50 RA patients registered in the Danish rheumatology registry (DANBIO) were used for analysis.
Source: Journal of Clinical Densitometry - Category: Radiology Authors: Tags: Original Article Source Type: research