Previous fracture and subsequent fracture risk: a meta-analysis to update FRAX.
John A KanisH JohanssonE V McCloskeyE LiuK E ÅkessonF A AndersonR AzagraC L BagerC BeaudartH A Bischoff-FerrariE BiverO BruyèreJ A CauleyJ R CenterR ChapurlatC ChristiansenC CooperC J CrandallS R CummingsJ A P da SilvaB Dawson-HughesA Diez-PerezA B DufourJ A EismanP J M EldersS FerrariY FujitaS FujiwaraC-C GlüerI GoldshteinD GoltzmanV GudnasonJ HallD HansM HoffR J HollickM HuismanM IkiS Ish-ShalomG JonesM K KarlssonS KhoslaD P KielW-P KohF KoromaniM A KotowiczH KrögerT KwokO LamyA LanghammerB LarijaniK LippunerD MellströmT MerlijnA NordströmP NordströmT W O'NeillB Obermayer-PietschC OhlssonE S OrwollJ A PascoF RivadeneiraA-M SchottE J ShiromaK SiggeirsdottirE M SimonsickE Sornay-RenduR SundK M A SwartP SzulcJ TamakiD J TorgersonN M van SchoorT P van StaaJ VilaN J WarehamN C WrightN YoshimuraM C ZillikensM ZwartL VandenputN C HarveyM LorentzonW D LesliePublished in: Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA (2023)
A previous history of fracture confers an increased risk of fracture of substantial importance beyond that explained by BMD. The effect is similar in men and women. Its quantitation on an international basis permits the more accurate use of this risk factor in case finding strategies.