Tool helps osteoporosis patients to understand fracture risks
A new online calculator aims to assess a patient's 'skeletal age' which may provide a better guide than probability.
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GPs can now access a tool that helps osteoporosis patients better understand their risk of a premature death due to fractures, by providing their ‘skeletal age’.
Sydney researchers say their new metric is the sum of the chronological age of a patient, plus the estimated years of life lost following a fracture.