Table 5.

Number of Patients Meeting Criteria for Bone Health Screening

Criteria for Screening	Group A (n = 90)	Group B (n = 87)	P Value	Total (n = 177)
Age (women > 65 yr and men > 70 yr)	11	8	0.33	19
History of fragility fracture after the age of 50 yr	3	3	1	6
Age > 50 yr with clinical risk factors for fracturea	11	7	0.20	18
FRAX MOF (without BMD) ≥ 8.4%	4	4	1	8
Multiple criteria met	24	17	0.14	41
Total	53	39	0.009	92 (52%)
Screened within 2 yr before surgery	10 (19%)	18 (46%)	<0.001	28 (30%)

BMD = bone mineral density, FRAX = fracture risk assessment tool

^aClinical risk factors listed in Table 1.