Online Tool for Estimating Osteoporosis Risk
The World Health Organization has an online Fracture Risk Assessment Tool.
The FRAXTM tool has been developed by WHO to evaluate fracture risk of patients. It is based on individual patient models that integrate the risks associated with clinical risk factors as well as bone mineral density (BMD) at the femoral neck.
The FRAXTM models have been developed from studying population-based cohorts from Europe, North America, Asia and Australia. In their most sophisticated form, the FRAXTM tool is computer-driven and is available on this site. Several simplified paper versions, based on the number of risk factors are also available, and can be downloaded for office use.
The FRAXTM algorithms give the 10-year probability of fracture. The output is a 10-year probability of hip fracture and the 10-year probability of a major osteoporotic fracture (clinical spine, forearm, hip or shoulder fracture).
This is a beta version
[Via the Preston Medical Library]
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March 25th, 2008 at 6:04 am
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March 25th, 2008 at 9:47 am
I’m completely shocked that this is a WHO tool and not, say, developed by an osteoporosis drug-maker.
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