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Risk factors for osteoporosis

Last reviewed dd mmm yyyy. Last edited dd mmm yyyy

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Increased bone loss

Reduced bone loss

Genetic

  • positive family history
  • female sex
  • Caucasian
  • Asian
  • male sex
  • Negroid

Nutrition

  • alcohol
  • caffeine
  • calcium
  • fluoride

Body weight

  • underweight
  • obese

Life style

  • inactive
  • cigarette smoking
  • active

Hormone status

  • nulliparous
  • late menarche
  • early menopause
  • oophorectomy
  • postmenopausal
  • amenorrhoea

  • pregnancy

Drugs

  • thyroid hormone
  • corticosteroid therapy

 


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