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Osteoporotic Fractures Causes and Risk Factors
What Are the Risk Factors for an Osteoporotic Fracture?
- Low body weight
- Cigarette smoking
- Family history of osteoporosis
- Drugs such as alcohol, anti-epilepsy medication and steroids
- Being postmenopausal
- Physical inactivity
- Low calcium intake
- Being thin or having a small frame
- You or your first degree relative experiencing a prior low-trauma vertebral body fracture
A bone density screening can be useful in helping certain individuals determine their risk level. Factors that reduce your risk of osteoporosis include impact exercise.
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