Interactive Tool: Are You At Risk For Osteoporosis?: What Does Your Score Mean
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What does your score mean?
Your score is based on your answers to questions about your gender, age, weight, and use of estrogen:2
- A high score (18 and over) means you are at risk for osteoporosis.
- A moderate score (9 to 17) means you may be at risk, based on those factors.
- A low score (8 and under) means that you do not appear to be at risk, based on those factors.
It's important to remember that there are other risk factors for osteoporosis and that having more than one risk factor means your risk may be higher. A woman who is younger than 45 may have risk factors for osteoporosis that are not measured by this tool.
Points | |
Age in years | |
| 75 or older | 15 |
| 65 to 74 | 9 |
| 55 to 64 | 5 |
| 45 to 54 | 0 |
Weight in pounds | |
| 132 lb or less | 9 |
| 133 lb to 153 lb | 3 |
| 154 lb or more | 0 |
Currently taking estrogen (alone or in combination with progesterone) | |
| No | 2 |
| Yes | 0 |
| Last updated: | November 19, 2008 |
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| Author: | Shannon Erstad, MBA/MPH |
| Reviewed By: | Anne C. Poinier, MD - Internal Medicine, Kirtly Jones, MD - Obstetrics and Gynecology |
| Editors: | Kathleen M. Ariss, MS, Pat Truman, MATC |
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