ArticleArchives of osteoporosis2025
Utility of FRAX® and FRAXplus® in predicting prevalent radiographic vertebral fractures in postmenopausal women from a rural hospital in Southern India-FRACHAMB study (FRActure Christian Hospital AMBilikkai).
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- Future Directions in Hypercalcemic and Normocalcemic Primary Hyperparathyroidism: FRAXplus for 10-Year Fracture Risk Assessment (A Retrospective Study).Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
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Abstract
In alignment with previous studies using the densitometric vertebral fracture assessment tool, the prevalence of radiographic moderate-severe vertebral fractures in rural postmenopausal women was 34%. FRAXplus could bring one additional woman to treatment intervention thresholds who may have otherwise been missed had additional risk factors not been captured. PURPOSE: To study the prevalence of radiographic vertebral fractures and the utility of FRAXplus® and FRAX® in predicting prevalent vertebral fractures in rural southern India.
methodsThis cross-sectional study involved 150 rural postmenopausal women, and they were assessed for radiographic vertebral fractures. FRAX® and FRAXplus® were utilized for computing a 10 year risk of major osteoporotic fractures (MOF) and hip fractures (HF) based on clinical risk factors.
resultsThe mean (SD) age of the patients was 66.1 (6.5) years and BMI (kg/m
conclusionOne-third of rural postmenopausal women had fragility fractures detected on a lateral spine X-ray. Although FRAX® at established Indian cut-offs does help in identifying most women who require anti-osteoporotic treatment, the utilization of FRAX plus® will help in further detecting women who are at borderline risk and may otherwise miss out on treatment if additional risk factors are not captured.
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