Predicting Fracture Risk in Younger Postmenopausal Women: Comparison of the Garvan and FRAX Risk Calculators in the Women’s Health Initiative Study

Very important study in younger postmenopausal women. Calculators performed particularly poorly in African American and Hispanic women. @ASBMR @Densitometry @OsteoporosisNOF #NationalOsteoporosisMonth #EndoTwitter

RT @JournalGIM: Using data from the Women’s Health Initiative study, we found in women aged 50-64 years, the FRAX and Garvan fracture risk…

Using data from the Women’s Health Initiative study, we found in women aged 50-64 years, the FRAX and Garvan fracture risk calculators discriminate poorly between women who do & do not experience #fracture during 10-year follow up. #osteoporosis @dgsom

FRAX and Garvan fracture risk calculator discriminate poorly between 64,739 women aged 50-64 years who do and do not experience hip fracture during 10-yr follow-up. WHI study Crandall CJ et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2018 Oct 17 https://t.co/ikbmQNkJAs …not u