Correlations between 10-year risk of death from cardiovascular diseases.

Introduction: Osteoporosis and cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are more common in the elderly population and have similar risk factors. THE GOAL: was an evaluation of the correlation between 10-year risk of death from CVD and 10-year bone fracture risk (FRAX).

Material And Methods: A total of 79 patients of the Regional Centre of Menopause and Osteoporosis of the Military Teaching Hospital in Lodz (Poland), aged 50-83 years, consulted for osteoporosis were divided into two groups: study group - with osteoporosis (O; T-score ≤ -2.