Citation

Su Y, Leung J, Kwok T. Osteoporos. Int. 2018; 29(6): 1469.

Affiliation

Jockey Club Centre for Osteoporosis Care and Control, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China. tkwok@cuhk.edu.hk.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s00198-017-4373-9

PMID

29651509

Abstract

Falls are a major concern in terms of fracture risk. Although awareness rising for the absence of falls in the FRAX algorithm, our study only identified the independent predictive role of previous recurrent falls and their better conjunction use with FRAX for major osteoporotic fracture prediction in older Chinese men.

Language: en

Keywords

FRAX; Falls; Major osteoporotic fractures; Risk prediction