Abstract Summary The National Osteoporosis Guideline Group (NOGG) has revised the UK
guideline for the assessment and management of osteoporosis and the prevention of …

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 …

Osteoporosis is an incurable chronic condition, like heart disease, diabetes, or hypertension.
A large gap currently exists in the primary prevention of fractures, and studies show that an …

Osteoporosis care has evolved markedly over the last 50 years, such that there are now an
established clinical definition, validated methods of fracture risk assessment and a range of …

Vertebral fractures are independent risk factors for vertebral and nonvertebral fractures.
Since vertebral fractures are often missed, the relatively new introduction of vertebral …

Osteoporosis, a metabolic bone disease characterized by low bone mineral density and
deterioration of bone microarchitecture, has led to a high risk of fatal osteoporotic fractures …

FRAX®, a simple-to-use fracture risk calculator, was first released in 2008 and since then
has been used increasingly worldwide. By calculating the 10-year probabilities of a major …

Osteoporosis care has evolved markedly over the last 50 years, such that there are now an
established clinical definition, validated methods of fracture risk assessment, and a range of …

Abstract Summary The National Osteoporosis Guideline Group (NOGG) has developed
intervention thresholds based on FRAX® to characterise patients at high and very high risk …

Background Patients with a first hip fracture are at high risk of fracturing their other hip.
Despite this, preventive therapy is often not given. Because little is known about specific risk …