Endocrine Abstracts

Osteoporosis is a pandemic chronic non communicable disease, with worldwide expansion. This condition and the resulting bone fracture are a maor cause of disability and mortality for millions of people worlwide. Frax is an algoritm that relies on a questionnaire for the prediction of bonefracture. This algoritm it is called Frax and it’s estimates the probability in % to have a fracture in the following 10 years. The aim of the study was to evaluate whether patients lifes...

We conducted a cross-sectional analysis on a sample of postmenopausal women (n=88, aged 66±5 years) attending the osteoporosis outpatient service of our University Hospital between September and October 2023. All patients underwent physical examination and Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry (GE HealthCare-Lunar) scans at lumbar spine and hip level. 10-years risk of major osteoporotic fracture was assessed with the FRAX® algorithm. Level of physical activity was ...