• Osteoporos Int · Oct 2019

    How well do the FRAX (Australia) and Garvan calculators predict incident fractures? Data from the Geelong Osteoporosis Study.

    • K L Holloway-Kew, Y Zhang, A G Betson, K B Anderson, D Hans, N K Hyde, G C Nicholson, N A Pocock, M A Kotowicz, and J A Pasco.
    • School of Medicine, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia. khollo@barwonhealth.org.au.
    • Osteoporos Int. 2019 Oct 1; 30 (10): 2129-2139.

    AbstractThis study reports that both FRAX and Garvan calculators underestimated fractures in Australian men and women, particularly in those with osteopenia or osteoporosis. Major osteoporotic fractures were poorly predicted, while both calculators performed acceptably well for hip fractures.

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