Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures in Men: Screening

1. More research is needed on the benefits and harms of screening, and of different screening strategies, for osteoporosis or fracture risk to prevent osteoporotic fractures and related morbidity and mortality in men.
2. Research is needed to develop and validate new primary care–feasible risk assessment tools that accurately predict risk of hip and nonhip major osteoporotic fractures in men.
3. Research is needed to develop and validate new primary care–feasible risk assessment tools that accurately identify osteoporosis in men.
4. Research is needed on the benefits and harms of pharmacotherapy to prevent fractures in men with primary osteoporosis and without a history of fragility fractures.

Research Taxonomy:For additional information on research needed to address these evidence gaps, see the Research Gaps Taxonomy table on the USPSTF website (PDF) .

The USPSTF concludes that the current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms of screening for osteoporosis to prevent osteoporotic fractures in men.

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