Table 4.

Number of patients on maintenance steroids and bone protection after reclassification of the intermediate group based on BMD.^a

	On bisphosphonates, n (%)	On vitamin D, n (%)	On maintenance steroids, n (%)
Low risk (n = 218)	27 (12)	45 (21)	26 (12)
High risk (n = 22)	7 (32)	12 (55)	1 (5)

FRAX: Fracture Risk Assessment; n: total number in that cohort; DXA: dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry; BMD: bone mineral density.

^aThe intermediate group was reclassified into low- and high risk according to the whole body DXA scans. Patients defined as osteoporotic (t scores of less than −2.35) were categorized as high risk, while t scores of more than −2.35 were categorized as low.