Table 1.

Professional Society Osteoporosis Screening Guidelines

Professional group	Target population	BMD screening recommendation
North American Menopause Society11	Postmenopausal women	Age ≥65 years without risk factors or ≤65 years with risk factors
		Postmenopausal women with medical causes of bone loss or fragility fracture, regardless of age
		Postmenopausal women ≥50 years with additional risk factors
National Osteoporosis Foundation,3 American College of Preventive Medicine12	Postmenopausal women	Age ≥65 years without risk factors or ≤65 years with risk factors
	Men	Age ≥70 years without risk factors or ≥50 years with risk factors
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force13	Postmenopausal women	Age ≥65 years or ≤65 years with risk factors
	Men	Nonea
Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement14	Postmenopausal women	Age ≥65 years and in younger women whose fracture risk is ≥9.3% from FRAX analysis or are considered to be at risk of fracture

^aNo recommendations were made for men due to lack of sufficient evidence.

BMD, bone mineral density; FRAX, Fracture Risk Assessment Tool.