Osteoporosis

Data on osteoporosis published by G.R. Chiu and colleagues

Published in Women's Health Weekly, December 31st, 2009

According to recent research from the United States, "Focus on individual risk factors for osteoporosis could allocate disproportionate attention to trivial relationships. We tested many recognized risk factors of osteoporosis for their association with bone mineral density (BMD) in multivariate models among men."

"Lean mass accounted for the most variance, with substantially less accounted for by demographic, strength, and health factors. Osteoporosis in men has gained recognition as a public health problem, generating an interest in the search for risk factors. Isolation of individual risk factors could allocate disproportionate attention to relationships that may be...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-12-31)

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