When I receive my yearly Complete Blood Count blood work, I look over the numbers with my doctor checking if anything is out of range. I didn’t consider blood work to be a measure for osteoporosis related risk factors.   However, in this two part series on Complete Blood Count (CBC) we learn from Dr. Keith McCormick’s experience, working with osteoporosis patients for decades, how a simple blood test can assess osteoporosis related fracture ricks.

Complete Blood Count allows a trained practitioner to assess osteoporosis related fracture risk.

Complete Blood Count (CBC) and fracture risk

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Markers:

RBC count (red blood cells) MPV (mean platelet volume) NLR (neutrophil lymphocyte ratio) RDW (red cell distribution width) Hgb (hemoglobin) MCV (mean corpuscular volume)

What do the markers mean?

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