| I plugged in my numbers to the calculator, too, but I've never had my density measured (I'm 45) and so left that part blank. I got a 0.2% chance of hip fracture and a little over 3.0% chance of general fracture. What confused me is that in the NYT article, the doc at the end said that Fosamax et. al should now only be prescribed for women with a 3% or greater risk... would that be me? That seems awfully low.
I tried increasing the weight on the calculator and the heavier I made it the lower the risk, which sort of ticks me off because we're damned if we do (weigh more) and apparently damned if we don't! My BMI is about 22, so right in the middle of normal, but it looks like the higher the BMI, the less chance of fractures. Am I reading this right? Maybe I should pack on some pounds... ha ha. (good excuse!) |