Identifying Men Who Benefit from Drug Treatment for Fracture Prevention

Identifying Men Who Benefit from Drug Treatment for Fracture Prevention
Identifying Men Who Benefit from Drug Treatment for Fracture Prevention
WHO criteria better than National Osteoporosis Foundation criteria for identifying men who would benefit from drug treatment.

In this cohort of community dwelling older men living in the United States, we found that the choice of definition of osteoporosis and use of National Osteoporosis Foundation derived FRAX intervention thresholds had major effects on the proportion of men identified as candidates for drug treatment to prevent fracture.

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