Assessment of fracture risk in diabetic versus Apparently healthy population within 40-80 years Of age using who frax score –a hospital based Cross sectional study

Abstract

Introduction: The likelihood of fracture over a given time period can be expressed using a fracture risk assessment tool like FRAX. Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) constitutes more than 95% of all population with diabetes mellitus in India. Diabetes is not presently a risk factor in the FRAX algorithm. Diabetics certainly have a higher fracture risk, but there is still no risk categorization for these patients. Objective: The present study was carried out with an aim to assess the use of WHO FRAX score in diabetic patients and to compare the fracture risk between diabetic and healthy population using FRAX score.