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Rheumatology 2003; 42: 807-808
© 2003 British Society for Rheumatology

Letters to the Editor

The high prevalence of low bone density in men aged 55 yr and over presenting with low trauma fractures to an accident and emergency department

T. A.-Z. K. Gaber, S. Love1 and A. J. Crisp1

Rehabilitation and elderly medicine Directorate, Leigh Infirmary and formerly Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Addenbrooke's Hospital and
1 Metabolic Bone Diseases, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, UK

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SIR, About 30% of hip and 33% of vertebral fractures occur in males [1, 2]. The unbalanced focus on osteoporosis prevention as an issue of primarily women's health is therefore unjustified. Factors predisposing to the disease can be identified in up to 77% of male patients with osteoporosis [3]. It is not practical to screen men for these risk factors in order to identify a male population at high risk of first fracture. We planned to determine whether middle-aged and elderly men suffering unselected low . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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