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. 2007 Jan;5(1):48–56. doi: 10.1370/afm.602

Table 1.

Questions Used to Assess the 4 Risk Factors in Risk Model 1

Question Points
1. What is your present age?
    ≥80 y 1
    70–79 y 0
2. What is your current weight?
    <60 kg 1
    ≥60 kg 0
3. Can you rise 5 times from a chair without using your arms? (Try if you want.)
    No, I must use my arms to rise 1
    Yes 0
4. Have you broken any bones after the age of 40 y?
    If so, which bone?
    Have your vertebrae been x-rayed?*
    Fracture of wrist/lower arm, upper arm, hip, or vertebrae, or vertebral compression seen on radiograph 1
    No fracture, or fracture in some other location 0

* Specific question about vertebral radiographs posed only to women in the Vislanda population.