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. 2009 Jun 24;24(8):956–962. doi: 10.1007/s11606-009-1031-8

Table 3.

Number and Proportion of REGARDS Participants Receiving Osteoporosis Therapies* by FRAX 10-Year Hip Fracture Risk**, Sex, and Race

Estimated 10-year hip fracture risk Caucasian n = 14,958 African American n = 9,825
Men† n = 7,339 Women† n = 7,619 Men‡ n = 3,545 Women† n = 6,280
<1.4% 15/3,281 (0.4%) 174/2,897 (6%) 10/3,004 (0.3%) 145/4,708 (3%)
1.4–<3.0% 16/1,478 (1%) 213/1,697 (13%) 2/444 (0.5%) 69/942 (7%)
3.0–<5.0% 20/1,024 (2%) 154/926 (17%) 0/72 (0%) 37/417 (9%)
5.0–<10.0% 20/776 (3%) 222/1,196 (19%) 0/20 (0%) 15/167 (9%)
≥10.0% 8/240 (3%) 235/903 (26%) 0/5 (0%) 1/46 (2%)

Data shown as number treated/number eligible (%)

*Including alendronate, risedronate, ibandronate, teriparatide, raloxifene, or calcitonin

**Hip fracture risk estimates were computed using the WHO FRAX tool with body mass index (http://shef.ac.uk/FRAX)

p < 0.001 for column trend

p = 0.96