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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2012 Feb 8;60(4):684–690. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03884.x

Table 2.

Patients Eligible for Treatment Based on Screening Strategy (Mean ± SEM unless otherwise indicated)

Total Clinical Fracture Clinical Fracture or BMD Clinical Fracture, BMD or Vertebral Fracture & FRAX-FNΔ FRAX-BMI# Clinical Fracture or Heel Ultrasound γ
Age (Years) 85.4±0.4 85.8±0.8 86.5±0.4 86.6±0.4 86.1±0.4 85.7±0.4 87.7±0.6
BMI (Kg/m2) 27.6±0.4 27.4±0.9 26.5±0.4 26.8±0.4 26.8±0.4 27.4±0.4 25.8±0.7
Spine T-score −0.7±0.1 −1.3±0.3 −1.5±0.2 −1.0±0.2 −1.1±0.1 −0.8±0.1 −1.6±0.3
Total Hip T-Score −2.0±0.1 −2.3±0.2 −2.7±0.1 −2.3±0.1 −2.3±0.1 −2.0±0.1 −2.9±0.1
Femoral Neck T-Score −2.1±0.1 −2.5±0.2 −2.8±0.1 −2.3±0.1 −2.4±0.1 −2.1±0.1 −2.8±0.2

BMD (bone mineral density) classified by spine, total hip or femoral neck, T-score ≤ −2.5

Clinical fractures: spine or hip fragility fracture

&

Vertebral fracture identified by DXA-derived by vertebral fracture assessment or x-ray

Δ

FRAX-FN: uses femoral neck BMD with 10 year major osteoporotic fracture risk ≥ 20%, hip fracture risk ≥ 3%

#

FRAX-BMI: uses BMI without femoral neck BMD with 10 year major osteoporotic fracture risk ≥ 20%, hip fracture risk ≥ 3%

γ

Heel ultrasound, T-score ≤ −2.5