Kebaetse, M., Nkhwa, S., Mogodi, M. et al. (11 more authors) (2021) A country-specific FRAX model for Botswana. Archives of Osteoporosis, 16 (1). 90. ISSN 1862-3522
Abstract
Introduction
Hip fracture rates in Botswana were used to create a FRAX® model for fracture risk assessment.
Objective
This paper describes the development and characteristics of a country-specific FRAX model for Botswana.
Methods
Age-specific and sex-specific incidence of hip fracture and national mortality rates was incorporated into a FRAX model for Botswana. Ten-year fracture probabilities were compared with those from African countries having a FRAX model and African Americans from the USA.
Results
The probabilities of hip fracture and major osteoporotic fracture were low compared with those from South Africa (Black and Coloured) and US Blacks. Probabilities were marginally higher than for Tunisia.
Conclusion
The creation of a FRAX model is expected to help guide decisions about the prevention and treatment of fragility fractures in Botswana.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2021. Open Access: This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
Keywords: | Botswana; Epidemiology; FRAX; Fracture probability; Hip fracture; Major osteoporotic fracture |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Sheffield Teaching Hospitals |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 24 Feb 2022 15:04 |
Last Modified: | 24 Feb 2022 15:04 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Springer Science and Business Media LLC |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1007/s11657-021-00965-y |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:183910 |
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