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SynthesisCurrent osteoporosis reports2015

Risk Assessment Tools for Osteoporosis Screening in Postmenopausal Women: A Systematic Review.

Carolyn J Crandall

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Synthesis in Current osteoporosis reports, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03513107 (Osteoporosis in Egypt), which is not on this map. Cited by 24 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT03513107 completednot on this mapstarted 2018, after this paper: background citation

Osteoporosis in Egypt: Screening Tools' Re-validation and a Local Guide for the Management of the Condition in Males

Typeobservational_patient_registrySponsorCairo UniversityRan2018 to 2018Enrolled103ConditionsOsteoporosisArmsospeoporosis score
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  3. Complex interventions can increase osteoporosis investigations and treatment: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2018
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  5. Treatment-Seeking Behaviors Among Japanese Working Women With Menopausal Symptoms.The journal of obstetrics and gynaecology research · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Carolyn J CrandallDavid Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, UCLA Medicine/GIM, 911 Broxton Ave., 1st floor, Los Angeles, CA, 90024, USA, ccrandall@mednet.ucla.edu.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Osteoporotic fractures are common in postmenopausal women. Tools are available to estimate the risk of low bone mineral density (BMD) or fracture. This systematic review retrieved articles that evaluated osteoporosis risk assessment tools among postmenopausal women in North America. For identifying BMD T-score ≤-2.5, most studies of the Simple Calculated Osteoporosis Risk Estimation tool (SCORE) and Osteoporosis Risk Assessment Instrument (ORAI) reported sensitivity ≥90 %. Area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) was usually <0.75 for SCORE and ≥0.75 for ORAI. Among women 50-64 years old, a Fracture Risk Assessment Tool (FRAX) threshold ≥9.3 % had a sensitivity of 33 % for identifying BMD T-score ≤-2.5 and 26 % for predicting major osteoporotic fracture (MOF). For predicting MOF, sensitivity was higher for SCORE and Osteoporosis Self-assessment Tool equation (OST), and higher in women ≥65 years old. For predicting BMD T-score ≤-2.5 in women ≥65 years old, the sensitivities of SCORE; ORAI; and Age, Body Size, No Estrogen (ABONE) were very high. No optimal osteoporosis risk assessment tool is available for identifying low BMD and MOF risk.

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AgedFemaleHumansMass ScreeningMiddle AgedNorth AmericaOsteoporosis, PostmenopausalPostmenopause

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