One fracture is enough!: Experience with a prospective and consecutive osteoporosis screening program with 239 fracture patients

Figures & data

Table 1.  Stratification protocol for admitting patients to Endocrinologist

Men	< 65 years	DEXA < –2.5 SD
Women	< 60 years	DEXA < –2.5 SD
	60–65 years	DEXA < –3.5 SD

Table 2.  Fracture types and gender

	Wrist	Hip	Vertebral	Proximal humerus
Women	122	34	14	18
Men	16	29	3	3
Total	138	63	17	21

Table 3.  Fractures divided into fracture types and age groups

	50–54 years		55–59 years		60–64 years		65–69 years		70–75 years
	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men
Wrist fracture	22	4	26	2	20	3	28	4	26	3
Hip fracture	1	3	3	6	4	7	11	4	15	9
Vertebral fracture	2	0	2	1	1	2	4	0	5	0
Proximal humerus fracture	2	0	4	1	2	2	1	0	9	0

Table 4.  Distribution of diagnoses according to fracture type

	Wrist		Hip		Vertebral		Proximal humeral
	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women
Normal	19	4	2	1	1	0	3	1
Osteopenia	62	8	13	9	4	11	0	1
Osteoporosis	41	4	19	19	9	2	5	1

Table 5.  BMD values of fracture patients in comparison with reference population (DPX-series Operator's Manual)

			Fracture group			Reference group			Difference in BMD ^b
Site	Sex	Age	BMD ^a	SD	n	BMD ^a	SD	n	SD
Lumbar spine	Female	50–59	0.92	0.17	62	1.10	0.12	2,472	–1.50
		60–69	0.82	0.16	70	1.02	0.12	1,942	–1.66
	Male	50–59	0.93	0.12	17	1.14	0.12	250	–1.79
		60–69	0.96	0.21	22	1.16	0.12	400	–1.72
Cervical neck	Female	50–59	0.76	0.13	62	0.88	0.12	1,799	–1.03
		60–69	0.64	0.14	70	0.82	0.12	1,433	–1.53
	Male	50–59	0.68	0.15	17	0.96	0.13	319	–2.13
		60–69	0.61	0.21	22	0.91	0.13	428	–2.29

^a BMD in g/cm²

^b Fracture group versus reference group.