Conference paper

Epidemiology of osteoporosis

Simeon Grazio ; Clinic for Rheumatology, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Clinical Hospital “Sestre milosrdnice”, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

Osteoporosis represents a major and increasing public health problem with the aging of population. Major clinical consequences and economic burden of the disease are fractures. Many risk factors are associated with the fractures including low bone mass, hormonal disorders, personal and family history of fractures, low body weight, use of certain drugs (e.g. glucocorticoids), cigarette smoking, elevated intake of alchohol, low physical activity, insufficient level of vitamin D and low intake of calcium. This epidemiological review describes frequency, importance of risk factors and impact of osteoporosis and osteoporotic fractures. Objective measures of bone mineral density along with clinical assessment of risk factors can help identify patients who will benefit from prevention and intervention efforts and eventually reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with osteoporosis-related fractures.

Keywords

osteoporosis; epidemiology; risk factors; demography

Hrčak ID:

125825

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/125825

Publication date:

20.10.2006.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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