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Arch Osteoporos (2017) 12: 4 DOI 10.1007/s11657-016-0300-5 ORIGINAL ARTICLE Comparing self-perceived and estimated fracture risk by FRAX® of women with osteoporosis 1,2 1 3 1 1 Petra Baji & László Gulácsi & Csaba Horváth & Valentin Brodszky & Fanni Rencz & 1,4 Márta Péntek Received: 12 September 2016 /Accepted: 9 December 2016 /Published online: 21 December 2016 International Osteoporosis Foundation and National Osteoporosis Foundation 2016 Abstract estimates and applied logistic regression to analyze the deter- Summary In this study, we compared subjective fracture risks minants of the underestimation of risk. Associations between of Hungarian women with osteoporosis to FRAX®-based es- risk factors and subjective risk were explored using linear timates. Patients with a previous fracture, parental hip fracture, probability models. low femoral T-score, higher age, and higher BMI were more Results Nine hundred seventy-two OP patients were included likely to underestimate their risks. Patients also failed to asso- in the analysis. Major OP and hip fracture risk by FRAX® ciate risk factors with an increased risk of fractures. were on average 20.1 and 10.5%, while subjective estimates Purpose The main objectives were to explore associations were significantly higher, 30.0 and 24.7%, respectively. between self-perceived 10-year fracture risks of women
Archives of Osteoporosis – Springer Journals
Published: Dec 21, 2016
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