Fibrinogen-to-albumin ratio links systemic inflammation to osteoporotic fractures and shows discriminative performance together with PLR, NLR, and MLR.

BACKGROUND

Osteoporotic fracture (OPF) remains a major cause of disability in older adults. Laboratory-available composite indices integrating coagulation, inflammation, and nutritional status may facilitate risk stratification in patients with osteoporosis. To investigate the relationship between the fibrinogen-to-albumin ratio (FAR) and systemic inflammatory indices (platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio [PLR], neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio [NLR], and monocyte-to-lymphocyte ratio [MLR]) in osteoporosis, and to evaluate their discriminative value for identifying concurrent osteoporotic fractures.

METHODS

This retrospective study included 98 patients with osteoporosis admitted between January 2024 and May 2025, categorized into a fracture group (n=39) and a non-fracture group (n = 59). FAR, PLR, NLR, and MLR were calculated from routine laboratory tests obtained within 24 h of admission. Group differences were assessed, Pearson correlation was used to examine associations between FAR and inflammatory indices, and logistic regression was performed to identify independent clinical/imaging correlates of fracture. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were constructed to evaluate discriminative performance.