Table 1.

Data used in the calculation of FRAX and Qfracture risk scores

FRAX	Qfracture
Age	Age
Sex	Sex
Weight, height; BMI	Weight, height; BMI
Previous fracture	Previous fragility fracture
Parental hip fracture	Parental osteoporosis or hip fracture
Current smoking	Current/previous smoking, number of cigarettes
Glucocorticoid exposure	Regular glucocorticoid exposure
Rheumatoid arthritis	Rheumatoid arthritis or SLE
Secondary osteoporosis	Alcohol units/day
Alcohol (>3 units/day)	Ethnicity
Femoral DEXA (if available)	Diabetes
	Nursing/care home residence
	Falls
	Dementia
	Cancer
	Asthma/COPD
	Heart attack, angina, stroke or TIA
	Chronic liver disease
	Chronic kidney disease
	Parkinson’s disease
	Malabsorption including Crohn’s disease
	Endocrine problems
	Epilepsy/anticonvulsant exposure
	Anti-depressants
	Oestrogen-only HRT