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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 USA2022

Adjusting conventional FRAX estimates of fracture probability according to the number of prior fractures.

John A Kanis, Helena Johansson, Nicholas C Harvey, Vilmundur Gudnason, Gunnar Sigurdsson, Kristin Siggeirsdottir, Mattias Lorentzon, Enwu Liu, Liesbeth Vandenput, Eugene V McCloskey

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  2. Previous fracture and subsequent fracture risk: a meta-analysis to update FRAX.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2023
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  4. Cost-effectiveness intervention thresholds for romosozumab and teriparatide in the treatment of osteoporosis in the UK.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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John A KanisMary McKillop Institute for Health Research, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Australia. w.j.pontefract@shef.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3129-4326
Helena JohanssonMary McKillop Institute for Health Research, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Australia.
Nicholas C HarveyMRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
Vilmundur GudnasonIcelandic Heart Association Research Institute, Kopavogur, Iceland.
Gunnar SigurdssonIcelandic Heart Association Research Institute, Kopavogur, Iceland.
Kristin SiggeirsdottirIcelandic Heart Association Research Institute, Kopavogur, Iceland.
Mattias LorentzonMary McKillop Institute for Health Research, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Australia.
Enwu LiuMary McKillop Institute for Health Research, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Australia.
Liesbeth VandenputMary McKillop Institute for Health Research, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Australia.
Eugene V McCloskeyCentre for Metabolic Bone Diseases, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.

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Medical Research Council MC_PC_21003Medical Research Council MC_PC_21022Medical Research Council MC_UP_A620_1015Medical Research Council MC_UU_12011/2Medical Research Council MR/P020941/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The risk of a recurrent fragility fracture is high following a first fracture and higher still with more than one prior fracture. This study provides adjustments to FRAX-based fracture probabilities accounting for the number of prior fractures.

introductionPrior fractures increase subsequent fracture risk. The aim of this study was to quantify the effect of the number of prior fractures on the 10-year probability of fracture determined with FRAX®.

methodsThe study used data from the Reykjavik Study fracture register that documented prospectively all fractures at all skeletal sites in a large sample of the population of Iceland. Ten-year probabilities of hip fracture and major osteoporotic fracture (MOF) were determined according to the number of prior osteoporotic fractures over a 20-year interval from the hazards of death and fracture. Fracture probabilities were also computed for a prior osteoporotic fracture irrespective of the number of previous fractures. The probability ratios provided adjustments to conventional FRAX estimates of fracture probability according to the number of prior fractures.

resultsProbability ratios to adjust 10-year FRAX probabilities of a hip fracture and MOF increased with the number of prior fractures but decreased with age in both men and women. Probability ratios were similar in men and women and for hip fracture and MOF. Mean probability ratios according to the number of prior fractures for all scenarios were 0.95, 1.08, 1.21 and 1.35, for 1,2, 3 and 4 or more prior fractures, respectively. Thus, a simple rule of thumb is to downward adjust FRAX-based fracture probabilities by 5% in the presence of a single prior fracture and to uplift probabilities by 10, 20 and 30% with a history of 2, 3 and 4 or more prior fractures, respectively.

conclusionThe probability ratios provide adjustments to conventional FRAX estimates of fracture probability according to the number of prior fractures.

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Hip FracturesOsteoporotic FracturesBone DensityFemaleHumansMaleProbabilityRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsFracture probabilityFRAX adjustmentPrior fractureRisk assessment

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