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Internist (Berl)
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Fracture risk cannot be determined by bone density alone. It is important to identify and consider risk factors that individually increase the risk of fractures when they occur. Risk calculators have been developed worldwide to determine fracture risk. ⋯ The threshold for diagnostics is reached with the presence of a risk factor mentioned in the guideline. To reach the threshold for therapy, the bone density measurement result is required to reach the age-specific T‑score. However, typical fragile fractures of the vertebral bodies or femur increase the fracture risk so substantially that therapy can be recommended even without a bone density result.