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Predicting risk of osteoporotic fracture in men and women in England and Wales: prospective derivation and validation of QFractureScores

BMJ 2009; 339 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.b4229 (Published 20 November 2009) Cite this as: BMJ 2009;339:b4229

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Re: Predicting risk of osteoporotic fracture in men and women in England and Wales: prospective derivation and validation of QFractureScores

Readers might be interested to hear that QFracture is now available as a download on the iPhone app store. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/qfracture/id503556749?mt=8

It is also included in draft NICE guidelines for prevention of osteoporotic fracture.

Competing interests: JHC is co-author of the QFracture paper, director of QResearch (databased used to develop the model) and director of Clinrisk Ltd (which developed the software)

24 February 2012
Julia Hippisley-Cox
GP and epidemiologist
University Nottingham & ClinRisk ltd
Nottingham