Corrigendum to "Risk Factors for Fracture in Diabetes: The Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study"

Lisa-Ann Fraser 1; 2 and Alexandra Papaioannou 3; 4 and Jonathan D. Adachi 4 and Jinhui Ma 3 and Lehana Thabane 3; 5

1, Department of Medicine, University of Western Ontario, 339 Windermere Road, London, ON, N6A 5A5, Canada

2, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, St. Joseph's Hospital, 268 Grosvenor Street, London, ON, N6A 4V2, Canada

3, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON, L8S 4K1, Canada

4, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON, L8S 4K1, Canada

5, Centre for Evaluation of Medicines, St. Joseph's Healthcare, 50 Charlton Avenue East, Hamilton, ON, L8N 4A6, Canada

Received 6 June 2017; Accepted 8 June 2017; 12 July 2017

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In the article titled "Risk Factors for Fracture in Diabetes: The Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study" [1], there was an error regarding the FRAX® tool, which should be clarified as follows.

The article notes: "The WHO fracture risk assessment tool (FRAX), a commonly used fracture prediction tool, has been found to underestimate fracture risk in the diabetic population [ [figure omitted; refer to PDF] ]." However, the World Health Organization (WHO) did not develop, test, or endorse the FRAX tool or its recommendations [2]. The metabolic bone disease unit at the University of Sheffield that developed FRAX was a WHO Collaborating Centre from 1991 to 2010, but treatment guidelines must undergo a formal process before they can be endorsed by the WHO.

References

[1] L. Fraser, A. Papaioannou, J. D. Adachi, J. Ma, L. Thabane, "Risk factors for fracture in diabetes: the canadian multicentre osteoporosis study,", ISRN Epidemiology , vol. 2013, 2013.

[2] N. Ford, S. L. Norris, S. R. Hill, "Clarifying WHO's position on the FRAX® tool for fracture prediction,", Bulletin of the World Health Organization , vol. 94, no. 12, article 862, 2016.