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Osteoporosis International
Published in: Osteoporosis International 4/2014

01-04-2014 | Original Article

Percentage of the population at high risk of osteoporotic fracture in South Korea: analysis of the 2010 Fifth Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination survey data

Authors: J. W. Kim, Y.-J. Jeon, D.-H. Baek, T. N. Kim, J. S. Chang

Published in: Osteoporosis International | Issue 4/2014

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Abstract

Summary

Osteoporosis and high-risk osteopenia (high-risk of osteoporotic fractures) are highly prevalent in South Korean postmenopausal women and men aged 50 years and over.

Introduction

This study determined the percentages of the population at high risk of osteoporotic fractures according to the World Health Organization (WHO) criteria and the Fracture Risk Assessment (FRAX) model.

Methods

Data collected from the 2010 Fifth Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, a cross-sectional survey of the general South Korean general population, were analyzed. The percentages of the population with high-risk osteopenia according to the US National Osteoporosis Foundation (NOF) and Japanese treatment guidelines were subsequently determined and compared.

Results

Based on the WHO criteria and FRAX model, 37.7 % of the menopausal women and 12.7 % of the men aged 50 years and older are at high risk of osteoporotic fracture. According to the Japanese and NOF guidelines, 10.9 (10.6 % of men and 11.2 % of women) and 10.7 % (10.6 % of men and 10.9 % of women), respectively, of the study population with osteopenia are at high risk of fracture. By age group, 49.3 % of Korean women aged 55 years and older, 67.7 % of Korean women aged 65 years and older, and 33.5 % of Korean men aged 75 years and older are at high risk.

Conclusion

As a very large percentage of the South Korean postmenopausal population has osteoporosis or high-risk osteopenia, greater effort at identifying and treating this population should be expended to prevent osteoporotic fracture.
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Metadata
Title
Percentage of the population at high risk of osteoporotic fracture in South Korea: analysis of the 2010 Fifth Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination survey data
Authors
J. W. Kim
Y.-J. Jeon
D.-H. Baek
T. N. Kim
J. S. Chang
Publication date
01-04-2014
Publisher
Springer London
Published in
Osteoporosis International / Issue 4/2014
Print ISSN: 0937-941X
Electronic ISSN: 1433-2965
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-013-2595-z

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