Endocrine Abstracts

Osteoporosis in men is increasingly being recognized as a public health issue. Thirty percent of hip fractures occur in men, and one in eight fractures occurs in men above 50 years of age.Objectives: To assess the prevalence of osteoporosis in healthy male subjects using Bone Mineral Density (BMD) as measured by Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), and to study the influence of various factors which influence BMD.Methods: Health...