Osteopaenia to blame in many low-trauma breaks.

Australian Doctor,  September, 2005  

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By Bianca Nogrady

AUSTRALIAN researchers have found more than half of all low-trauma fractures occur in older women with osteo-paenia and not osteoporosis.

A study of fracture incidence among women aged over 60 showed 56% of low-trauma fractures occurred in women with osteopaenia, 27% occurred in those with osteoporosis, and 17% occurred in women with normal bone mineral density.

Speaking at the Australian and New Zealand Bone and Mineral Society meeting in Perth last week, endocrinologist Associate Professor Mark Kotowicz said the data suggested attention needed to be ...

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