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A quiz about osteoporosis

True or false
By age 75, the percentage of people with osteoporosis is the same in women and men.

True
False

The correct answer is True.

By about age 65 to 70, men and women have similar rates of bone loss. By age 75, the percentage of people with osteoporosis is the same in women and men. However, women are three times as likely as men to have osteoporosis-related fractures. That's because the disease is often more advanced in women because they start off with smaller, less strong bones than do men and they lose bone over a longer period of time.



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