Table 4 Patients’ fracture risk characteristics used in the FRAX tool
From: Characterization of bone metabolism in hungarian psoriatic arthritis patients: a case–control study
Risk Factors | Patients between 40 and 90 years of age (n = 100) |
|---|---|
Age, years (median, range) | 57 (40–85) |
Male:Female | 42:58 |
Weight (kg) (median, range) | 83 (48–125) |
Height (cm) (median, range) | 164.5 (150–188) |
Previous Fracture (n, %) | 22 (22%) |
Parent Fractured Hip (n, %) | 4 (4%) |
Current Smoking (n, %) | 10 (10%) |
Glucocorticoids (n, %) | 20 (20%) |
Rheumatoid Arthritis (n, %) | 0 (0%) |
Secondary Osteoporosis (n, %) | 16 (16%) |
Alcohol 3 or more units/day (n, %) | 0 (0%) |
Femoral neck areal BMD, g/cm2 (median, range) (n = 99) | 0.934 (0.607–1.251) |
FRAX Major, % (median, range) | 3.75 (0.7–32) |
FRAX Hip, % (median, range) | 0.4 (0–16) |
10 year probability of major osteoporotic fracture ≥20% (n, %) | 1 (1%) |
10 year probability of hip fracture ≥3% (n, %) | 8 (8%) |