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Reduced bone mineral density is more common in HIV due to traditional and HIV-specific risk factors.1 Thirty-eight per cent of Brighton's HIV cohort is aged over 50; as they age, increased morbidity and mortality associated with fractures is likely. Fracture prevention must therefore be prioritised.
FRAX assesses the 10-year risk of major osteoporotic fracture by modelling cohort data using 11 clinical risk factors, …
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