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. 2008 Jan 19;336(7636):124–126. doi: 10.1136/bmj.39428.470752.AD

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Fig 2 Five year incidence of hip fracture in postmenopausal women by score on fracture index (based on age, previous fracture, mother’s hip fracture occurrence, weight, smoking, and ability to rise from a chair without hands). The two panels illustrate the marginal effect of including bone mineral density on the ability of the index to predict future hip fractures. The finding was similar in other fractures. Adapted from Black et al

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