The need to distinguish intervention thresholds and diagnostic thresholds in the management of osteoporosis.
John A KanisEugene V McCloskeyNicholas C HarveyCyrus CooperRene RizzoliBess Dawson-HughesStefania MaggiJean-Yves ReginsterPublished in: Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA (2022)
This position paper of the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) and the European Society for Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases (ESCEO) addresses the rationale for separate diagnostic and intervention thresholds in osteoporosis. We conclude that the current BMD-based diagnostic criteria for osteoporosis be retained whilst clarity is brought to bear on the distinction between diagnostic and intervention thresholds.