Not everyone develops osteoporosis. The following factors influence how likely it is that you will develop osteoporosis:
- Bone mass falls on average approximately 5 % every five years after age 65
- Women are more likely to develop osteoporosis than men, because their bone loss begins earlier and menopause brings on a period of rapid bone loss
- Small-bone, thin women tend to have lover bone density
- Personal and family history of fractures after the age of 50; especially mothers of women
- Caucasian and Asian women are more likely to develop osteoporosis
- Women who are past menopause
- Lack of calcium in your diet – as well as conditions that may interfere with calcium absorption from the intestines
- Inactivity; when bones are at rest, formation stops
- Smokers tend to loose bone faster than nonsmokers