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Osteoporosis Self-assessment Tool (OST)

Current versionMusculoskeletal·3 inputs·2 references

Based on Koh LK et al. (2001).

Decision support for clinicians — review before acting.

kg
years
Runs only when you press Calculate. Values are not stored.

References

  1. Koh LK, Sedrine WB, Torralba TP, et al. A simple tool to identify Asian women at increased risk of osteoporosis. Osteoporos Int. 2001;12:699-705. Search PubMed
  2. Adler RA, Tran MT, Petkov VI. Performance of the Osteoporosis Self-assessment Screening Tool for osteoporosis in American men. Mayo Clin Proc. 2003;78:723-727. Search PubMed
Implementation notes

Men's cut-offs and outcome rates from the Adler abstract. Women's cut-offs (−1, −4) are Koh's published OSTA categories; the abstract confirms the three groups and their rates but not the cut-offs.

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