Mikkeli Osteoporosis Index Identifies Fracture Risk Factors and Osteoporosis and Intervention Thresholds Parallel with FRAX

Osteoporosis Index (MOI) was developed from Fracture Index (FI), a validated fracture risk score, to identify also osteoporosis. MOI risk factors are age, weight, previous fracture, family history of hip fracture or spinal osteoporosis, smoking, shortening of the stature, and use of arms to rise fro...

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Main Authors: Ville Juhana Waris, Joonas P. Sirola, Vesa V. Kiviniemi, Marjo T. Tuppurainen, V. Pekka Waris
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2011-01-01
Series:Journal of Osteoporosis
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2011/732560
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