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Sex- and Age-Specific Prevalence of Osteopenia and Osteoporosis: Sampling Survey.

Yuzhang JiangQun LiYu LiuJing MiaoTing ZhaoJinxin CaiMin LiuJun CaoHaifeng XuLai WeiMengxia LiChong Shen
Published in: JMIR public health and surveillance (2024)
Our data imply that as people age, osteopenia and osteoporosis are more common in females than in males, particularly in postmenopausal females than in premenopausal females, and bone mineral density significantly affects the prevalence of chronic diseases. These findings offer information that can be applied to intervention programs meant to prevent or lessen the burden of osteoporosis in China.
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