Tag: Women’s Health Initative

A commonly used tool is suboptimal in predicting osteoporosis fracture risk in younger post-menopausal women

sarah JonasResearch Results

The commonly used U.S version of the Fracture Risk Assessment Tool (FRAX) should not be routinely used to select younger postmenopausal women for bone mineral density testing. But the Osteoporosis Self-Assessment Tool (OST) is excellent at identifying women with osteoporosis-level bone mineral density, which is the goal of these screenings, while FRAX is not.