CLINICAL ENCOUNTERS
OSTEOPOROSIS
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Question
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What percentage of fractures are caused by Osteoporosis?
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75%
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80%
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20%
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60%
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -In univariable analysis, 21% and 16% of total fractures in women and men, respectively, were attributable to osteoporosis. Osteoporosis combined with advancing age (>70 years) accounted for 34% and 35% of fractures in women and men, respectively.
Detailed explanation-2: -Osteoporosis is common. One in two women and up to one in four men over age 50 will break a bone due to osteoporosis.
Detailed explanation-3: -Fractures caused by osteoporosis most often occur in the spine. Spinal fractures-called vertebral compression fractures-occur an estimated 1.5 million times each year in the United States.
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