Independent clinical validation of a Canadian FRAX tool: fracture prediction and model calibration

WD Leslie, LM Lix, H Johansson, A Oden… - Journal of Bone and …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
A FRAX model for Canada was constructed for prediction of osteoporotic and hip fracture
risk using national hip fracture data with and without the use of femoral neck bone mineral …

Fracture prediction and calibration of a Canadian FRAX® tool: a population-based report from CaMos

LA Fraser, L Langsetmo, C Berger, G Ioannidis… - Osteoporosis …, 2011 - Springer
A new Canadian WHO fracture risk assessment (FRAX®) tool to predict 10-year fracture
probability was compared with observed 10-year fracture outcomes in a large Canadian …

Fracture risk prediction using FRAX®: a 10-year follow-up survey of the Japanese Population-Based Osteoporosis (JPOS) Cohort Study

J Tamaki, M Iki, E Kadowaki, Y Sato, E Kajita… - Osteoporosis …, 2011 - Springer
We evaluated the predictive ability of FRAX® in a cohort of 815 Japanese women. The
observed 10-year fracture rate did not differ significantly from that predicted by FRAX®. The …

Pitfalls in the external validation of FRAX

JA Kanis, A Oden, H Johansson… - Osteoporosis International, 2012 - Springer
Recent studies have evaluated the performance of FRAX® in independent cohorts. The
interpretation of most is problematic for reasons summarised in this perspective. Introduction …

Update of the fracture risk prediction tool FRAX: a systematic review of potential cohorts and analysis plan

L Vandenput, H Johansson, EV McCloskey… - Osteoporosis …, 2022 - Springer
We describe the collection of cohorts together with the analysis plan for an update of the
fracture risk prediction tool FRAX with respect to current and novel risk factors. The resource …

Evaluation of the FRAX and Garvan fracture risk calculators in older women

MJ Bolland, ATY Siu, BH Mason… - Journal of Bone and …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Fracture risk calculators estimate the absolute risk of osteoporotic fractures. We investigated
the performance of the FRAX and Garvan Institute fracture risk calculators in healthy, older …

Prognosis of fracture: evaluation of predictive accuracy of the FRAX™ algorithm and Garvan nomogram

SK Sandhu, ND Nguyen, JR Center, NA Pocock… - Osteoporosis …, 2010 - Springer
We evaluated the prognostic accuracy of fracture risk assessment tool (FRAX™) and Garvan
algorithms in an independent Australian cohort. The results suggest comparable …

Interpretation and use of FRAX in clinical practice

JA Kanis, D Hans, C Cooper, S Baim… - Osteoporosis …, 2011 - Springer
The introduction of the WHO FRAX® algorithms has facilitated the assessment of fracture
risk on the basis of fracture probability. Its use in fracture risk prediction has strengths, but …

The effects of a FRAX® revision for the USA

JA Kanis, H Johansson, A Oden… - Osteoporosis …, 2010 - Springer
Abstract Summary A revision (version 3.0) of the fracture risk assessment tool (FRAX®) is
developed based on an update of epidemiological information for the USA. With the revised …

From relative risk to absolute fracture risk calculation: the FRAX algorithm

EV McCloskey, H Johansson, A Oden… - Current osteoporosis …, 2009 - Springer
FRAX is a computer-based algorithm that provides models for the assessment of fracture
probability in men and women (http://www. shef. ac. uk/FRAX). The approach uses easily …