Osteoporosis screening in postmenopausal women 50 to 64 years old: comparison of US Preventive Services Task Force strategy and two traditional strategies in the Women's Health Initiative.

ABSTRACT: The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends osteoporosis screening for women younger than 65 years whose 10-year predicted risk of major osteoporotic fracture is ≥ 9.3%. For identifying screening candidates among women aged 50 to 64 years, it is uncertain how the USPSTF strategy compares with the Osteoporosis Self-Assessment Tool (OST) and the Simple Calculated Osteoporosis Risk Estimate (SCORE). We examined data (1994 to 2012) from 5165 Women's Health Initiative participants aged 50 to 64 years. For the USPSTF (Fracture Risk Assessment Tool [FRAX] major fracture risk ≥ 9.3% calculated without bone mineral density [BMD]), OST (score <2), and SCORE (score >7) strategies, we assessed sensitivity, specificity, and area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) to d

SUBMITTER: Crandall CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4117254 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature