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01-04-2008 | Editorial
Assessment of 10-year absolute fracture risk: a new paradigm with worldwide application
Authors:
E. Siris, P. D. Delmas
Published in:
Osteoporosis International
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Issue 4/2008
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Excerpt
In this issue of
Osteoporosis International we present several papers representing common approaches to the evaluation of fracture risk [
1‐
5]. This represents a considerable change for the field, moving from descriptions of risk as “relative risk,” as occurs on the output of DXA equipment, to what might be called “absolute risk” or “real risk,” neither of which is an adequate description. The model allows an assessment of the likelihood of hip or major osteoporosis-related fracture within a specific time frame (10 years) for individual patients. …