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Osteoporosis risk factor scoring


Factor Score
National Osteoporosis Foundation (NOF), test if score ≥1
Age ≥65 years 1
Weight <57.6 kg 1
History of fracture 1
Family history of fracture 1
Current cigarette smoker 1
Simple Calculated Osteoporosis Risk Estimation (SCORE), test if score ≥6
Race not black 5
Rheumatoid arthritis present 4
History of fracture at wrist, hip of rib 4 each
Age ≥65 years 3 times first digit of age
Oestrogen therapy never used 1
Weight (-1 times weight in lb/10)
Osteoporosis Risk Assessment Instrument (ORAI), test if score ≥9
Age 55-64 5
Age 65-74 10
Age 75+ 15
Weight 60-70 kg 3
Weight <60 kg 9
Not currently taking oestrogen 2
Age, Body Size, No Estrogen (ABONE), test if score ≥2
Age >65 1
Weight <63.5 kg 1
Never used OC or oestrogen therapy for at least 6 months 1
Body weight criterion, test if weight <70kg