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Gender Disparities in Osteoporosis
Osteoporosis is a growing health concern worldwide and its complications are as prevalent as other common chronic disease complications such as hypertension and diabetes. In this review, we will discuss the role of gender in osteoporosis, especially related to peak bone mass and maturation, rate of...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5380170/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28392857 http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/jocmr2970w |
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author | Alswat, Khaled A. |
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description | Osteoporosis is a growing health concern worldwide and its complications are as prevalent as other common chronic disease complications such as hypertension and diabetes. In this review, we will discuss the role of gender in osteoporosis, especially related to peak bone mass and maturation, rate of annual bone loss, screening, prevalence of osteoporosis and its related fractures, mortality after osteoporosis-related fracture, fracture risk predication using different technologies and the impact of gender on osteoporosis management. |
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spelling | pubmed-53801702017-04-07 Gender Disparities in Osteoporosis Alswat, Khaled A. J Clin Med Res Review Osteoporosis is a growing health concern worldwide and its complications are as prevalent as other common chronic disease complications such as hypertension and diabetes. In this review, we will discuss the role of gender in osteoporosis, especially related to peak bone mass and maturation, rate of annual bone loss, screening, prevalence of osteoporosis and its related fractures, mortality after osteoporosis-related fracture, fracture risk predication using different technologies and the impact of gender on osteoporosis management. Elmer Press 2017-05 2017-04-01 /pmc/articles/PMC5380170/ /pubmed/28392857 http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/jocmr2970w Text en Copyright 2017, Alswat et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 4.0 International License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Review Alswat, Khaled A. Gender Disparities in Osteoporosis |
title | Gender Disparities in Osteoporosis |
title_full | Gender Disparities in Osteoporosis |
title_fullStr | Gender Disparities in Osteoporosis |
title_full_unstemmed | Gender Disparities in Osteoporosis |
title_short | Gender Disparities in Osteoporosis |
title_sort | gender disparities in osteoporosis |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5380170/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28392857 http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/jocmr2970w |
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