FRAX®

FRAX® is a simple web-tool that integrates clinical information in a quantitative manner to predict a 10-year probability of major osteoporotic fracture for both women and men in different countries. It is a practical tool derived from a series of meta-analyses using the primary data from population-based cohorts that have identified several clinical risk factors for fracture. The performance characteristics of clinical risk factors have been validated in independent, population-based prospectively studied cohorts with over a million person-years of observation.
The ultimate aim of the clinician in the management of osteoporosis should be to reduce the risk of fractures.
Treatment decisions must be made through good clinical judgment and through improved identification of patients at high risk. At a primary health care level, FRAX® will assist in the better targeting of women and men in need of intervention and in the improved allocation of limited healthcare resources towards patients most likely to benefit from treatment.