
Risk Factors for Osteoporosis
Unmodifiable Risk Factors for Osteoporosis: Things you can’t do anything about Over age 50 Caucasian or Asian race Dementia Female gender/ postmenopausal women Women are at a much greater risk for osteoporosis than men. The loss of sex hormones in the body is the most common cause of osteoporosis. Women experience a decline in estrogen, the female sex hormone, when they undergo menopause.