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Physicians need to remain aware that osteoporosis is also a man's disease.
2003 JUN 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Physicians need to remain aware that osteoporosis is also a man's disease.
"Osteoporosis in men is now recognized as an increasingly important public health issue. About 30% of hip fractures occur in men, and 1 in 8 men older than 50 years will have an osteoporotic fracture. Because of their greater peak bone mass, men usually present with hip, vertebral body, or distal wrist fractures 10 years later than women," investigators in the United States report.
"Hip fractures in men, however, result in a 31% mortality rate at 1 year after fracture versus a rate of 17% in women. Major risk factors for osteoporosis in men are glucocorticoid use for longer than 6 months, osteopenia seen on plain radiographs, a history of nontraumatic fracture, hypogonadism, and advancing age," described J.M. Campion and colleagues, University of Arizona, Health Science Center.
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