Osteoporosis screening in postmenopausal women aged 50-64 years: BMI alone compared with current screening tools.

Objectives: Consensus on when to initiate DXA screening for early postmenopausal women (< 65 years of age) is lacking. Low body mass index (BMI) has been proposed as one of the major risk factors for osteoporosis. This study sought to compare the predictive performance of BMI alone with 5 screening modalities (the U.