It is recommended that patients who have had previous fractures, patients who have first-degree relatives with osteoporosis, patients who have used steroids previously prednisone doses of more than 7.5 mg/day for more than 3 months, postmenopausal women, men who are over 50 years old, and those with body mass indices below normal should undergo bone densitometry to rule out osteoporosis.
Se sugiere que a todo paciente con: fracturas previas o en familiares de primer grado, uso previo de esteroides prednisona >7,5 mg/ día por >3 meses, mujeres posmenopáusicas, hombres >50 años o personas con índices de masa corporal inferiores a lo normal debe realizarse densitometría ósea para descartar osteoporosis, y repetirla cada 2-3 años 25-26.