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Risk factors for developing osteoporosis are:

• Ethnicity (particularly Caucasian subjects). This is due to lifestyle (diet rich in calcium, protein and low in vitamins, including vitamins D, B12 and K)
• Age high
• The female
• Low body mass index
• Family history of fractures of the femoral neck
• Deficiencies in calcium and protein
• Excessive consumption of tobacco, alcohol, coffee,
• The vitamin D deficiency (lack of sunshine and vegetable consumption)
• Physical inactivity, prolonged immobilization
• Deficit in sex hormones

premature menopause induced or spontaneous, castration (both sexes) chemical or surgical No late puberty,

• Certain hormonal diseases, hyperthyroidism, hyperparathyroidism, diabetes mellitus, hyperadrenocorticism (Cushing’s disease.)
• Hyperandrogenism, Klinefelter syndrome, Turner syndrome
• Metabolic diseases: hemochromatosis gene, isolated hypercalciuria, idiopathic or family
• Inflammatory rheumatism: rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis,
• Other chronic diseases: chronic renal failure, hepatocellular failure, cirrhosis, mastocytosis
• Some treatments, especially corticosteroids prolonged GnRH analogues, aromatase inhibitors.

At the genetic level, mutations in several genes LPR5 and LPR6 (low-density lipoprotein receptor) appear to correlate with a slightly increased risk of osteoporosis