Repeat Low‐Trauma Fractures Occur Frequently Among Men and Women Who Have Osteopenic BMD

• Published in: Journal of bone and mineral research Vol. 24; no. 9; pp. 1515 - 1522
• Main Authors: Langsetmo, Lisa, Goltzman, David, Kovacs, Christopher S, Adachi, Jonathan D, Hanley, David A, Kreiger, Nancy, Josse, Robert, Papaioannou, Alexandra, Olszynski, Wojciech P, Jamal, Sophie A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC John Wiley and Sons and The American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) 01.09.2009; Wiley
• Subjects: age; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Biological and medical sciences; BMD; Bone Density; Bone Diseases, Metabolic - complications; Canada; distribution; epidemiology; Female; fracture; Fractures, Bone - etiology; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Humans; low‐trauma fracture; Male; men; Middle Aged; osteoporosis; Skeleton and joints; Vertebrates: osteoarticular system, musculoskeletal system; women; Canada; North America; America; Human; Diseases of the osteoarticular system; Fracture; Epidemiology; Trauma; Osteoarticular system; Osteoporosis; Canada; low-trauma fracture; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Distribution; men; BMD; Female; Age; Osteopenia; women

Fracture risk assessment based solely on BMD has limitations. Additional risk factors include the presence of a previous low‐trauma fracture. We sought to quantify the fracture burden attributable to first versus repeat fracture. We studied 2179 men and 5269 women, 50–90 yr of age, participating in...