Osteoporosis in Men Poses Higher Mortality Risk Than in Women, Spurring New Treatment Guidelines

Published on March 26, 2024

The number of hip fractures is expected to rise by 310 percent between 1990 and 2050 due to osteoporosis. Though one in five men over the age of 50 have the degenerative bone disease, men are often underdiagnosed and undertreated. These findings were recently published in Nature Reviews Rheumatology and establish new evidence-based guidelines for managing osteoporosis in men. “It’s important to recognize that osteoporosis in men carries substantial morbidity and mortality, with rates comparable to or even exceeding those in women with the condition,” professor Jean-Yves Reginster, senior author of the study and president of the European Society for Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases (ESCEO), said in a news release....

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