The American journal of the medical sciences
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Multicenter Study
Fracture Risk Assessment Tool May Not Indicate Bone Fragility in Women With Type 2 Diabetes.
Diabetes carries a known risk of bone fracture despite high bone mineral density (BMD). The fracture risk assessment tool (FRAX) predicts the 10-year major osteoporotic fracture risk and hip fracture risk. We investigated the effects of clinical parameters on the FRAX score and evaluated the validity of FRAX for evaluating current bone fragility in diabetes subjects. ⋯ The FRAX major osteoporotic fracture risk without BMD does not correctly indicate current bone fragility in Japanese middle-aged women with type 2 diabetes.