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This was the result of an international study involving scientists from Graz. “We examined data from 665,971 men and 1,438,535 million women from 32 countries. The observation period was 19.5 million person-years,” the scientists say. Among other things, information was entered on age, gender, any fractures in the parents’ generation, bone density, medication (e.g. cortisone), nutrition (e.g. also alcohol consumption) and smoking.
Many more women than men suffer from osteoporosis. In the study, however, this was irrelevant for the further risk of those affected: There was no significant difference in this risk ratio between men and women.
Bone density of little relevance
For people with an extremely high risk of further problems of this type, bone density is apparently only of minor importance. “Low bone mineral density explained only a small proportion of all other fractures (17 percent) and hip fractures (33 percent).”
In any case, the new findings can be used to determine the individual risk of patients more precisely in the future. In Austria, around 14,000 people suffer femoral neck fractures every year.
Source: Nachrichten
