Diseases and Conditions > Other Specific Conditions > Bone & Joint Disease > hide-Osteoporosis > Risk Factors for Osteoporosis

Eighty percent of those affected by osteoporosis are women. Caucasian and Asian women are at greatest risk for developing osteoporosis. Some factors that increase he risk of developing osteoporosis include:

  • Cigarette smoking speeds up bone loss
  • Early menopause (before age 45)
  • Caucasian race or Asian ethnicity
  • Small body frame
  • Family history of osteoporosis
  • Certain medications (steroid medication, those prescribed due to organ transplants)
  • Certain conditions (malabsorption, history of an eating disorder)

Prevention and early recognition are important.  Risk factors are similar in men and women. Men of all ethnic groups are affected; however; Caucasian men appear to be at greater risk for osteoporosis.

 
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Source: National Institutes of Health Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases ~ National Resource Center.

 

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Check Up On Your Bones

An interactive bone health checkup for people of all ages. The goal of the checkup is to help you identify the most common red flags that put your bones at risk and to give you a strategy — specific to you — to make your bones stronger and healthier.

Click here to complete a risk assessment to see if you are at risk for weak bones .

Source: National Institutes of Health Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases ~ National Resource Center.

 

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