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14 - Diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis

from Part III - Disease prevention

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 August 2009

Jeannette E South-Paul
Affiliation:
Department of Family Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Jo Ann Rosenfeld
Affiliation:
The Johns Hopkins University
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Summary

Introduction

Osteoporosis is a major public health problem, affecting more than 40 million people, one-third of postmenopausal women, and a substantial portion of the elderly in the USA, Europe, and Japan. An additional 54% of postmenopausal women have low bone density measured at the hip, spine, or wrist. Osteoporosis results in more than 1500000 fractures annually in the USA.

The direct expenditures for osteoporotic fractures have increased during the past decade from $5 billion to approximately $15 billion annually. Of the 25 million women in the USA who have osteoporosis, eight million have a documented fracture. The female-to-male fracture ratios are 7:1 for vertebral fractures, 1.5:1 for distal forearm fractures, and 2:1 for hip fractures. Approximately 70% of hip fractures in individuals older than 65 years of age occur in women. Osteoporosis-related fracture in older men is associated with lower femoral neck bone mineral density (BMD), quadriceps weakness, higher body sway, lower body weight, and decreased stature.

Osteoporotic fractures are more common in white people and Asian people than in African-Americans and Hispanics, and more common in women than in men. Little is known regarding the influence of ethnicity on bone turnover. Factors such as differences in bone accretion are likely to be responsible for much of the ethnic variation in adult BMD.

Prevention

Nutritional prevention

Bone mineralization depends on adequate nutritional status in childhood and adolescence. Therefore, measures to prevent osteoporosis should begin with improving the nutritional status of adolescents to increase bone mineralization, including increasing milk intake.

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Women's Health in Mid-Life
A Primary Care Guide
, pp. 235 - 252
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2004

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