[Prevalence of osteoporosis, estimation of probability of fracture and bone metabolism study in patients with newly diagnosed prostate cancer in the health area of Lugo].
CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of osteoporosis in this population was very high. The more frequent risk factors associated with osteoporosis were: previous osteoporotic fracture, alcohol consumption, smoking and family history of previous fracture. The probability of fracture using femoral neck FRAX(®) tool was low. Vitamin D deficiency was very common (98.8%).
PMID: 28629885 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Atencion Primaria - Category: Primary Care Authors: Miguel-Carrera J, García-Porrua C, de Toro Santos FJ, Picallo-Sánchez JA Tags: Aten Primaria Source Type: research
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