Don the types of fracture change with age?
The FORE and FRAX™ models provide 10-year absolute fracture risk for a hip fracture and for any one of 4 fractures (hip, spine, humerus, or wrist). The mix of fractures changes with age: at 45-49 years, hip fractures constitute only 7% but increase to 50% at 75 years.6 In contrast, the proportion of wrist fractures decreases with age, from 60% among the younger group to 26% among the older.
