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SUBMITTER: Saeki C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8465236 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Saeki Chisato C Saito Mitsuru M Kanai Tomoya T Nakano Masanori M Oikawa Tsunekazu T Torisu Yuichi Y Saruta Masayuki M Tsubota Akihito A
Journal of clinical medicine 20210909 18
We investigated the usefulness of the Fracture Risk Assessment tool (FRAX) for predicting sarcopenia in chronic liver disease (CLD). In this cross-sectional study, we evaluated 321 patients with CLD. The FRAX with and without bone mineral density (BMD) was employed to calculate the 10-year risks of major osteoporotic and hip fractures. The FRAX score for high fracture risk was defined as a 10-year major osteoporotic fracture probability of ≥20% or a 10-year hip fracture probability of ≥3%. The d ...[more]