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Older black women may have osteoporosis.(GYNECOLOGY)
RIO GRANDE, P. R. -- Approximately one in four elderly black women have osteoporosis, findings from a small study suggest.
Physicians should not ignore the possibility of osteoporosis in their older black female patients, although these women are not usually considered at high risk, compared with other demographic groups, said Dr. Sally P. Weaver, research director of the McLennan County Medical Education and Research Foundation, Waco, Texas.
Previous studies of osteoporosis in women have focused mainly on white women because of evidence of an elevated risk for osteoporosis in that population. Yet older women of any ethnicity are prone to age-related fractures if their bone mineral density (BMD) is low, she said in an interview.
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Source: HighBeam Research, Older black women may have osteoporosis.(GYNECOLOGY)