UMass Worcester PRC Publications
Title
Predicting Fracture Risk in Younger Postmenopausal Women: Comparison of the Garvan and FRAX Risk Calculators in the Women's Health Initiative Study
UMMS Affiliation
Division of Biomedical Data Science, Department of Medicine; UMass Worcester Prevention Research Center
Publication Date
2018-10-17
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Community Health and Preventive Medicine | Health Services Administration | Health Services Research | Musculoskeletal Diseases | Musculoskeletal System | Preventive Medicine | Women's Health
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Guidelines recommend fracture risk assessment in postmenopausal women aged 50-64, but the optimal method is unknown.
OBJECTIVES: To compare discrimination and calibration of the Fracture Risk Assessment Tool (FRAX) and Garvan fracture risk calculator for predicting fractures in postmenopausal women aged 50-64 at baseline.
DESIGN: Prospective observational study.
PARTICIPANTS: Sixty-three thousand seven hundred twenty-three postmenopausal women aged 50-64 years participating in the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study and Clinical Trials.
MAIN MEASURES: Incident hip fractures and major osteoporotic fractures (MOF) during 10-year follow-up. Calculated FRAX- and Garvan-predicted hip fracture and MOF fracture probabilities.
KEY RESULTS: The observed 10-year hip fracture probability was 0.3% for women aged 50-54 years (n = 14,768), 0.6% for women aged 55-59 years (n = 22,442), and 1.1% for women aged 60-64 years (n = 25,513). At sensitivity thresholds > /= 80%, specificity of both tools for detecting incident hip fracture during 10 years of follow-up was low: Garvan 30.6% (95% confidence interval [CI] 30.3-31.0%) and FRAX 43.1% (95% CI 42.7-43.5%). At maximal area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC(c), 0.58 for Garvan, 0.65 for FRAX), sensitivity was 16.0% (95% CI 12.7-19.4%) for Garvan and 59.2% (95% CI 54.7-63.7%) for FRAX. At AUC(c) values, sensitivity was lower in African American and Hispanic women than among white women and lower in women aged 50-54 than those 60-64 years old. Observed hip fracture probabilities were similar to FRAX-predicted probabilities but greater than Garvan-predicted probabilities. At AUC(c) values (0.56 for both tools), sensitivity for identifying MOF was also low (range 26.7-46.8%). At AUC(c) values (0.55 for both tools), sensitivity for identifying any clinical fracture ranged from 18.1 to 34.0%.
CONCLUSIONS: In postmenopausal women aged 50-64 years, the FRAX and Garvan fracture risk calculator discriminate poorly between women who do and do not experience fracture during 10-year follow-up. There is no useful threshold for either tool.
Keywords
FRAX, Garvan, fracture, fracture risk assessment, osteoporosis
DOI of Published Version
10.1007/s11606-018-4696-z
Source
J Gen Intern Med. 2018 Oct 17. doi: 10.1007/s11606-018-4696-z. [Epub ahead of print] Link to article on publisher's site
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Journal of general internal medicine
Related Resources
PubMed ID
30334182
Repository Citation
Crandall, Carolyn J.; Larson, Joseph; LaCroix, Andrea; Cauley, Jane A.; LeBoff, Meryl S.; Li, Wenjun; LeBlanc, Erin S.; Edwards, Beatrice J.; Manson, JoAnn E.; and Ensrud, Kristine, "Predicting Fracture Risk in Younger Postmenopausal Women: Comparison of the Garvan and FRAX Risk Calculators in the Women's Health Initiative Study" (2018). UMass Worcester PRC Publications. 115.
https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/prc_pubs/115
