Diagnostics and fracture risk prediction

Diagnostics in osteoporosis and fracture risk prediction should never rely on bone mineral density (BMD) measurements alone. Data from the National Osteoporosis Risk Assessment (NORA) in the USA revealed some 15 years ago that only 6.4% of postmenopausal women with new fragility fractures had T-scores of −2.5 or less (WHO definition of osteoporosis) in BMD tests performed one year before the event. The majority of fractures occurs in patients with osteopenia or normal BMD. Many of them are middle-aged women, 40 to 65 years old, an age group not much attended to in most studies on osteoporosis.
Source: Maturitas - Category: Primary Care Authors: Tags: INV12 Source Type: research