Three osteoporosis risk assessment tools underperform in younger postmenopausal women
Three risk assessment tools struggled to detect osteoporosis based on bone mineral density T-scores among women aged 50 to 64 years, researchers reported in a study published in JAMA Network Open. Researchers assessed the performance of the Osteoporosis Self-Assessment Tool, the Osteoporosis Risk Assessment Instrument and the Osteoporosis Index of Risk, which are three of the five clinical risk