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Proposed Change 1: Osteoporosis is a known risk factor for fractures with current estimates of about 2 million fractures due to osteoporosis each year in the United States. Although some fractures are a result of major trauma, due to the loss of bone density as a result of osteoporosis, the threshold for fracture is reduced in osteoporotic bone and greatly increases the risk for fractures.

Proposed Change 2: There are a number of independent predictors that increase risk of fractures which include prior fractures, family history of osteoporosis-related fractures, low body weight, cigarette use, and excessive alcohol consumption. Additionally, chronic diseases that affect bone composition (such as rheumatoid arthritis) and those that increase the likelihood of falling or frailty (such as dementia, Parkinson’s disease, and multiple sclerosis) also increase fracture risk.