. 2022 Jan 1;40(1):74–86. doi: 10.5534/wjmh.210061

Table 1. Risk factors included in FRAX® tool to calculate the absolute 10-year risk of hip fracture and major osteoporotic fractures.

Continuous risk factors	Dichotomic risk factors
Age	Sex
Body mass index	Previous fracture
Femoral neck BMD (optional)^a	Parent fractured hip
	Current Smoking
	Glucocorticoids use
	Rheumatoid arthritis
	Secondary osteoporosis^b
	Alcohol intake (three or more drinks per day)

BMD: bone mineral density.

^aAlthough femoral neck BMD is optional, this item increases the accuracy of FRAX® in predicting the absolute 10-year fracture risk.

^bTreatment with androgen-deprivation therapy, as a cause of hypogonadism, must be included as a cause of secondary osteoporosis.