Fracture outcome based treatment targets for bone turnover markers are lacking in the literature.
We identified plasma βCTX-I values comparable to currently used urine NTX treatment targets for osteoporosis.
We measured p-βCTX-I by 3 methods and uNTX in 146 patients and interpolated treatment targets from regression equations.
The p-βCTX-I equivalent to the fracture outcome based uNTX treatment-target of 21 nmol BCE/mmol, is approximately 250 ng/L.
This treatment target is lower than the mean of the reference interval for healthy premenopausal women.