… with a decreased risk of fracture of the humerus and … risk of fracture among postmenopausal
women, and there is a need of information regarding present actions for preventing fracture. …

… The total score was then used to form the FRACTURE Index, which we propose as a screening
tool to assess the risk of fractures in postmenopausal women. The sensitivity, specificity, …

… This study showed that early postmenopausal women classified as fast losers based on
these markers had lost 50% more bone 12 years later than those diagnosed as slow losers [30]. …

… burden of fractures among postmenopausal women is … fracture risk is similar among
postmenopausal women with initial traumatic fracture and women with initial nontraumatic fracture. …

… For instance, two postmenopausal women may have exactly the same BMD and T-score,
and thus the same relative risk of fracture; yet their absolute fracture risks are totally different …

… mineral density and fracture risk in post-menopausal women, with the … with increased risk
of fracture, especially hip fracture. … weight on the risk of fracture in post-menopausal women. …

… In a preliminary study, we showed that 18 postmenopausal women with a Colles’ fracture
exhibited an array of deficits in bone macrostructure, microstructure, and strength compared to …

… three strategies for assessing fracture risk in postmenopausal women and found that … risk.
NOF guidelines, which incorporate BMD and risk factor profiles, classified 66.4% of women as …

… the femoral neck BMD, the FRAX score, and the FRAX score with parity and the score issued
from our model for major osteoporotic fracture prediction in early postmenopausal women. …

… fractures occurred in women with nonosteoporotic values (min–max: 59.7%–67.8%).
Interpretation: In this study, most of the postmenopausal women with osteoporotic fractures had … …