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Test your risk in 1 minute1

Post-menopausal osteoporosis is caused by a decrease of estrogen concentration after the menopause, leading to a decrease in bone strength. Once this decrease becomes too significant, the bones become abnormally brittle: this is osteoporosis. Osteoporosis can lead to an increased risk of fractures, especially in the wrist, spinal column or the hip.1

normal bone
abnormal bone
The bone becomes more fragile and less strong. There is also more opportunity on fractures.
The bone becomes more fragile and less strong. There is also more opportunity on fractures.

Various factors can increase this risk.

  • Are you menopausal?
  • If so, you may have post-menopausal osteoporosis.
In order to assess if you are at
increased risk for osteoporosis,
you can answer the simple questions
on this site, print the page
and provide it to your doctor.

Are you at risk of osteoporosis?

Your family history,
which you can not change2

1. Was one of your parents diagnosed with osteoporosis or did one of them have a bone fracture after a minor fall?
2. Does one of your parents have a stooped forward posture due to a bent back?

Your personal clinical risk factors,
which you can not change2

3. Are you 60 or older?
4. Did you have a bone fracture as an adult after a minor fall?
5. Do you fall regularly (more than once in the past year) or are you afraid of falling due to your weakened condition?
6. Did you shrink more than 3 cm after the age of 40?
7. Are you underweight (is your BMI* lower than 19kg/m2)?
* BMI = Body Mass Index

8. Have you ever used corticosteroids (cortisone, prednisone, etc.) for more than three consecutive months? Corticosteroids are often prescribed to treat asthma, rheumatoid arthritis and other inflammatory diseases
9. Do you have rheumatoid arthritis?
10. Do you have an overactive thyroid or adrenal gland, type 1 diabetes or gastro-intestinal diseases, such as coeliac disease or Crohn's disease?
11. If you are older than 45: were you menopausal before the age of 45?
12. Was your menstrual cycle ever interrupted for 12 months or longer (due to reasons other than pregnancy, menopause or removal of the uterus)?
13. Were both of your ovaries removed before you reached the age of 50 without receiving hormonal therapy?

Your lifestyle,
which you can change2

14. Do you regularly drink more than two alcoholic beverages per day?
15. Do you currently smoke of have you ever smoked cigarettes before?
16. Are you physically active for less than 30 minutes per day? (household chores, grocery shopping, gardening, walking, running, etc.)
17. Do you avoid, or are you allergic to milk and dairy products without taking extra calcium supplements?
18. Do you spend less than 10 minutes per day outside (exposing part of the skin to sunlight), without taking vitamin D supplements?

n/a = not applicable

References:
1. http://www.iofbonehealth.org/osteoporosis.
2. http://www.iofbonehealth.org/iof-one-minute-osteoporosis-risk-test.

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If you answered yes to one of these
questions, this does not necessarily
mean that you have osteoporosis.
The affirmative answers merely indicate
you have a number of clinically proven
risk factors that could lead to
osteoporosis and fractures.1

For more information, see
www.iofbonehealth.org

PRINT THE TEST

We recommend that you show this
test to your doctor. He/she can then
decide whether you need a bone densitometry
and treatment.