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ba0005p347 | Osteoporosis: pathophysiology and epidemiology | ECTS2016

Development of Korean Fracture Risk Score predicting osteoporotic fracture risk: analysis of data from the Korean National Health Insurance Service

Kim Ha-Young , Jang Eun-Jin , Park Byeong Ju , Ha Y-C , Jang Sunmee

Background: Asian-specific prediction model for estimating the individual risk of osteoporotic fracture was rare. We aimed to develop a Korean fracture risk prediction model using clinical risk factors and assess external validity of the final model.Methods: A total of 718,306 Korean men and women aged 50–90 were followed for 7 years in national system based cohort study. Fifty percent were randomly assigned to the development dataset and 50% to the...