Repeat bone mineral density screening and prediction of hip and major osteoporotic fracture.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Screening for osteoporosis with bone mineral density (BMD) is recommended for older adults. It is unclear whether repeating a BMD screening test improves fracture risk assessment.

Objectives

To determine whether changes in BMD after 4 years provide additional information on fracture risk beyond baseline BMD and to quantify the change in fracture risk classification after a second BMD measure.

Design, setting, and participants

Population-based cohort study involving 310 men and 492 women from the Framingham Osteoporosis Study with 2 measures of femoral neck BMD taken from 1987 through 1999.

Main outcomes and measures

Risk of hip or major osteoporotic fracture through 2009 or 12 years following the second BMD measure.

Results

Mean age was 74.8 y

SUBMITTER: Berry SD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3903386 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature