1 April 2009DO MEN SUFFER OSTEOPOROSIS?
Although the condition in men has not been studied to the same extent as in women, they can and do suffer from it, though usually at a much later age with the normal decline of their overall bone mass. Among those who live to the age of ninety, 17 per cent of men will suffer a hip fracture. Look around any nursing home. Apart from age-related osteoporosis, they may have the secondary type caused by a particular drug or disease. Men can also have disuse osteoporosis as a result of prolonged bed-rest or paralysis. But generally osteoporotic men are in the minority because men have about 30 per cent greater bone mass at maturity, weigh more and have larger muscles. Unlike women, they have a slower rate of natural bone loss with ageing, without a sudden decline in sex hormones that protect their bones. They also, on average, don’t live as long as women. However, where nutrition, exercise and alcoholism have a bearing on the risks involved for a woman, they would be similar factors for a man, but maybe to a lesser extent.
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