TY - JOUR T1 - A Comparison of CAROC and FRAX in Patients with Fragility Fracture JF - The Journal of Rheumatology JO - J Rheumatol SP - 1456 LP - 1457 DO - 10.3899/jrheum.160712 VL - 43 IS - 8 AU - JONATHAN D. ADACHI AU - ARTHUR LAU AU - ALEXANDRA PAPAIOANNOU Y1 - 2016/08/01 UR - http://www.jrheum.org/content/43/8/1456.abstract N2 - Osteoporosis and the resultant clinically relevant outcome, fractures, are ever increasing in our aging population. Fractures are associated with increased pain, disability, and loss of quality of life, characteristics comparable to those seen in similar chronic diseases such as arthritis and lung disease; not to mention the cost to the patient and society in general1,2. Fractures are also associated with frailty, and both frailty and fractures are often predictive of future fractures3. Hip and vertebral fractures are associated with increased morbidity and mortality4, yet when it comes to those at the highest risk of fracturing5,6, we often fail to intervene, and the care gap7 that we have seen in the past remains today6. It is not uncommon to see patients with multiple fractures continue to fracture without any apparent recognition that these might be caused by osteoporosis6 — even … Address correspondence to Dr. J.D. Adachi, 501-25 Charlton Ave. E., Hamilton, Ontario L8N 1Y2, Canada; E-mail: jd.adachi{at}sympatico.ca ER -