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## Description: Update of the 2002 u.s. preventive services task force (uspstf) recommendation on screening for osteoporosis. ## Methods: The uspstf evaluated evidence on the diagnostic accuracy of risk assessment instruments for osteoporosis and fractures, the performance of dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry and peripheral bone measurement tests in predicting fractures, the harms of screening for osteoporosis, and the benefits and harms of drug therapy for osteoporosis in women and men. ## Recommendations: The uspstf recommends screening for osteoporosis in women aged 65 years or older and in younger women whose fracture risk is equal to or greater than that of a 65-year-old white woman who has no additional risk factors. (grade b recommendation) the uspstf concludes that the current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms of screening for osteoporosis in men. (i statement).

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Publisher

American College of Physicians (ISSN 0003-4819)

Published

2011

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)