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ba0001pp326 | Osteoporosis: evaluation and imaging | ECTS2013

FRAXture:- does FRAX reflect the risk of fracture in real practice?

Aguiar Renata , Pinho Romeu , Merinhos Tiago , Ambrosio Catarina , Barcelos Anabela

Introduction: The FRAX algorithm, by evaluating the 10-year risk of hip and major osteoporotic fractures, weights greatly on the cliniciansÂ’ decision to treat a patient with an antiosteoporotic drug. The FRAX tool has recently been validated for the Portuguese population.With this work, the authors intended to assess FRAX accuracy when retrospectively performed in patients with hip fracture.Methods: A retrospective cohort stud...