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Reducing risk of fracture from 8% to 2% reduces the 5-year fracture incidence from approximately 34% to 10%.
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Lindsay, Robert, Simon Pack, and Li Zhengqing. "Longitudinal Progression of Fracture Prevalence through a Population of Postmenopausal Women with Osteoporosis". Osteoporos Int. Vol. 16, No. 3, pp. 306-12. [ Permalink ]