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Why is osteoporosis testing right for you and your patients?
Because…
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1 in 3 women, and 1 in 5 men over 50 will experience osteoporotic fractures 1,2,3.
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85% of wrist fractures occur in women 4.
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The combined lifetime risk for hip, forearm and vertebral fractures coming to clinical attention is around 40%, equivalent to the risk for cardiovascular disease 5.
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In white women, the lifetime risk of hip fracture is 1 in 6, compared with a 1 in 9 risk of a diagnosis of breast cancer 6.
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In women over 45 years of age, osteoporosis accounts for more days spent in hospital than many other diseases, including diabetes, myocardial infarction and breast cancer 7.
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Hip fractures can kill you. Hip fractures have a reported morbidity rate up to 24% in the first year after a hip fracture8,9 and a greater risk of dying may persist for at least 5 years afterwards 10.
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40% of hip fracture survivors are unable to walk independently and 60% will still require assistance one year later.11 Because of these losses, one third of those who suffer a hip fracture are totally dependent or in a nursing home in the year following a hip fracture 9,12,13.
And did you know as many as 80% of individuals at high risk, who have already
had at least one osteoporotic fracture, are neither identified nor treated 14 ?
Yes, there is a need for osteoporosis testing today!
And things are getting worse. Did you also know…
- The average age of the USA is getting older and the first wave of baby boomers started to enter their 60s in 2006 15.
Osteoporosis testing is the right thing to do for your patients, and
today is the right time to start. Select an option below for more information
on how you can help fight osteoporosis.
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