MODIFIABLE RISK FACTORS FOR OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES
Cigarette smoking
Low body weight (<127 pounds)
Estrogen deficiency (from surgery before age 45)
Lifelong low calcium intake
Alcoholism
Recurrent falls
Inadequate physical activity

 
 
 

 

 
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