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. 2013 Oct;22(10):853–861. doi: 10.1089/jwh.2013.4388

Table 5.

Treatment of Patients with Osteoporosis or Low Bone Mass

  Stage A n=1875 Stage C n=1875 p
Patient prescribed antiresorptive therapy and/or anabolic therapy (n=1237) (n=1188)  
  79% 82% 0.038
Current therapies (n=975) (n=976)  
Bisphosphonate 80% 77% 0.245
Calcitonin 3% 3% >0.999
Estrogen 3% 1% 0.041
Parathyroid hormone 6% 4% 0.086
Estrogen agonist/antagonist 5% 7% 0.101
RANKL inhibitor 5% 8% 0.028
Other 5% 5% 0.921
For patients with history of hip or vertebral fracture, following actions occurred within 6 months of fracture (all that applied) (n=1231) (n=1301)  
Central DXA measurement 20% 20% 0.632
Pharmacologic treatment prescribed 11% 14% 0.026
None of the above 69% 67% <0.001
Adherence to osteoporosis-related medications assessed within the last 12 months (n=1136) (n=1106)  
  88% 96% <0.001