While most studies of osteoporosis focus on postmenopausal women, older men are also at increased risk of low bone density, osteoporosis, and fragility fractures. Although men aged 50 years have a lower estimated lifetime risk of hip, spine or distal forearm fracture than women (13% vs. 40%), men still account for about 30% of all hip fractures. Since advancing age is the main determinant of fragility fractures in the elderly, it is expected that with the continued aging of the population, the number of fractures in men will rise dramatically in the coming decades.^5-9

Estimated Prevalence of Osteoporosis and Low Bone Mass in Men Aged > 50