FRAX without BMD can be used to risk-stratify Veterans who recently sustained a low trauma non-vertebral/non-hip fracture.
Nicole SagallaC Colón-EmericR SloaneK LylesJ VognsenR LeePublished in: Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA (2020)
Among patients who sustained a low trauma non-hip/non-vertebral fracture, FRAX-BMI can be used to stratify risk and identify high-risk patients who could be treated without DXA, low-risk patients who may not need treatment, and intermediate-risk patients to undergo DXA testing.