FRAX provides robust fracture prediction regardless of socioeconomic status.
Journal article, 2013
We investigated the fracture risk assessment tool (FRAX) Canada calibration and discrimination according to income quintile in 51,327 Canadian women, with and without a competing mortality framework. Our data show that, under a competing mortality framework, FRAX provides robust fracture prediction and calibration regardless of socioeconomic status (SES).
Author
S L Brennan
W D Leslie
L M Lix
Helena Johansson
Anders Odén
E McCloskey
J A Kanis
Osteoporosis International
0937-941X (ISSN) 1433-2965 (eISSN)
Vol. 25 1 61-69Subject Categories
Endocrinology and Diabetes
DOI
10.1007/s00198-013-2525-0
PubMed
24190425