An estimated 30% of postmenopausal white women have osteoporosis and 54% have osteopenia. By the age of 80, that number increases to an estimated 70% of white women with osteoporosis and 27% with osteopenia.
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Melton, Joseph. "How Many Women Have Osteoporosis Now? ". J Bone Miner Res. Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 175-7. [ Permalink ] |