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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jan 14.
Published in final edited form as: J Bone Miner Res. 2011 Aug;26(8):1767–1773. doi: 10.1002/jbmr.371

Table 4.

Reclassification using Cook method of major osteoporotic fractures and hip fracture using NOF threshold for treatment

Major osteoporotic fracture: 10-year risk from
FRAX with FN BMD
10-year risk from model with FN BMD
and age
<20% ≥ 20% Total
<20%
Women, n 3448 425 3873
Events, n 362 79 441
Observed 10-year fracture rate, % 11.6 21.2 12.6
20%
Women, n 780 1383 2163
Events, n 149 447 596
Observed 10-year fracture rate, % 22.6 42.1 34.6
Total
Women, n 4228 1808 6036
Events, n 511 526 1037
Observed 10-year fracture rate, % 13.5 36.7 19.8

Hip fracture: 10-year risk from FRAX with FN
BMD
10-year risk from model with FN BMD
and age
<3% 3% Total

<3%
Women, n 1954 86 2040
Events, n 29 3 32
Observed 10-year fracture rate, % 1.5 3.8 1.6
3%
Women, n 1149 3043 4192
Events, n 34 323 357
Observed 10-year fracture rate, % 3.1 12.0 9.4
Total
Women, n 3103 3129 6232
Events, n 63 326 389
Observed 10-year fracture rate, % 2.1 11.7 6.8