Appropriateness of bone density measurement in Switzerland: a cross-sectional study

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Table 3 Appropriateness of DXA

	Men			Women
	n of patients with DXA without riskfactor	n of patients with DXA with ≥ 1 risk factor	N of patients in the sample	n of patients with DXA without risk factor	n of patients with DXA with ≥ 1 risk factor	N of patients in the sample
40–44	16	24	32,081	95	70	31,480
45–49	27	50	35,421	206	168	34,998
50–54	39	67	34,311	471	296	34,558
55–59	40	85	31,922	715	443	32,743
60–64	62	70	30,005	891	548	32,141
65–69	75	109	29,949	919	652	32,112
70–74	78	103	24,421	774	651	28,148
75–79	44	85	18,927	534	530	24,150
80–84	44	58	13,477	327	313	20,360
85–89	19	15	7124	120	122	13,878
≥ 90	2	4	2958	19	20	7809
Sum	446	670	260,596	5071	3813	292,377

Number of patients with potentially inappropriate respectively appropriate DXA screening stratified by 5-year strata of age and sex

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