This study establishes a profile for women at midlife, referred for a dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), most likely to have osteoporosis, and from this, a pre-DXA screening tool has been developed. These findings inform much needed evidence-based guidelines for targeted and effective screening for osteoporosis and osteoporotic fracture prevention in women at midlife.There is no consensus as to whether women at midlife should undergo screening dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) to identify osteoporosis (T-score < -2.5).We investigated the prevalence of osteoporosis in women, aged 40-65 years, referred to 42 community-based Australian radiology centres, and identified the characteristics that best predict osteoporosis in women having a screening DXA.One thousand four hundred and two women completed the study questionnaire and had DXA reports available. After excluding women with an established indication for a DXA (58

作者：S R, Davis；A, Tan；R J, Bell

来源：Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA 2015 年 26卷 6期