The most common risk factors are:
(If you have 2 or more risk factors
you should be tested)
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Female | |
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Age 50 or older | |
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Post menopause | |
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Total hysterectomy before age 45 | |
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Not enough calcium in your diet | |
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Not enough Sunlight or Vitamin D | |
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Not enough physical activity | |
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Family history of osteoporosis | |
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Thin, “small-boned”, small stature | |
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White or Eurasian ancestry | |
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Suffered a bone fracture as an adult | |
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Smoker, excess caffeine, excess alcohol | |
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Use of Certain medications |
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(cortisone, prednisone, anticonvulsants, thyroid hormone, | |
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aluminum
containing antacids) |