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ArticleOsteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA2017

FRAX for fracture prediction shorter and longer than 10 years: the Manitoba BMD registry.

W D Leslie, S R Majumdar, S N Morin, L M Lix, H Johansson, A Oden, E V McCloskey, J A Kanis

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22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  3. An enhanced Fracture Risk Evaluation Model (FREM) using national health data on morbidity and medications.Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research · 2025
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  6. Biases in the performance of FRAX without BMD in predicting fracture risk in a multiethnic population with diabetes: the Diabetes and Aging Study.Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research · 2025
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  7. An electronic health record (EHR)-based risk calculator can predict fractures comparably to FRAX: a proof-of-concept study.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2024
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  15. Preventing hip fractures with multidisciplinary teams: a Canadian perspective.Canadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgie · 2021
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  16. The use of 2-, 5-, and 10-year probabilities to characterize fracture risk after a recent sentinel fracture.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2021
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  17. Testing a theoretical model of imminent fracture risk in elderly women: an observational cohort analysis of the Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2020
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W D LeslieDepartment of Medicine (C5121), St Boniface Hospital, 409 Tache Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R2H 2A6, Canada. bleslie@sbgh.mb.ca.
S R MajumdarUniversity of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
S N MorinMcGill University, Montreal, Canada.
L M LixDepartment of Medicine (C5121), St Boniface Hospital, 409 Tache Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R2H 2A6, Canada.
H JohanssonCentre for Metabolic Bone Diseases, University of Sheffield Medical School, Sheffield, UK.
A OdenCentre for Metabolic Bone Diseases, University of Sheffield Medical School, Sheffield, UK.
E V McCloskeyCentre for Metabolic Bone Diseases, University of Sheffield Medical School, Sheffield, UK.
J A KanisCentre for Metabolic Bone Diseases, University of Sheffield Medical School, Sheffield, UK.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In a large clinical registry for the province of Manitoba, Canada, FRAX predicted incident MOF and hip fracture from 1 to 15 years following baseline assessment. A simple linear rescaling of FRAX outputs seems useful for predicting both short- and long-term fracture risk in this population.

introductionFRAX® estimates 10-year probability of major osteoporotic fracture (MOF) and hip fracture. We examined FRAX predictions over intervals shorter and longer than 10 years.

methodsUsing a population-based clinical registry for Manitoba, Canada, we identified 62,275 women and 6455 men 40 years and older with baseline dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry scans and FRAX scores. Incident MOF and hip fracture were assessed up to 15 years from population-based data. We assessed agreement between estimated fracture probability from 1 to 15 years using linearly rescaled FRAX scores and observed cumulative fracture probability. The gradient of risk for FRAX probability and incident fracture was examined overall and for 5-year intervals.

resultsFRAX predicted incident MOF and hip fracture for all time intervals. There was no attenuation in the gradient of risk for MOF even for years >10. Gradient of risk was slightly lower for hip fracture prediction in years >10 vs years <5, though HRs remained high. Linear agreement was seen in the relationships between observed vs predicted (rescaled) FRAX probabilities (R

conclusionsFRAX predicts incident MOF and hip fracture up to 15 years and could be adapted to predict fracture over time periods shorter and longer term than 10 years in populations with fracture and mortality epidemiology similar to Canada.

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Absorptiometry, PhotonAdultAgedBone DensityFemaleFemur NeckHip FracturesHumansIncidenceMaleManitobaMiddle AgedOsteoporosisOsteoporotic FracturesRecurrenceRegistriesDXAFracture risk assessmentFRAXOsteoporosisOther analysis/quantitation of bone

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