RESEARCH - Most women unaware of risk for debilitating fractures

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Most Women Unaware Of Risk For Debilitating Fractures

MedicalNewsToday.com

Article Date: 08 Apr 2010 - 0:00 PDT

Underscoring what researchers call a serious global public health

concern, results from a new study led by Columbia University Medical

Center reveal that many women at an elevated level of risk for

osteoporosis-associated fractures fail to perceive the implications of

the risk factors.

" We found that many women aren't making the connection between their

risk factors and the serious consequences of fractures, " said the lead

author Ethel Siris, M.D., director of the Toni Stabile Osteoporosis

Center at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical

Center, and the Madeline C. Stabile Professor of Clinical Medicine at

Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. " Without a

clear understanding of their risks, women cannot begin to protect

themselves from fracture. "

This study, part of the Global Longitudinal Study of Osteoporosis in

Women (GLOW), which is based at the Center for Outcomes Research at

the University of Massachusetts Medical School, was published online

by the journal Osteoporosis International on April 2, 2010. The study,

conducted at 17 GLOW study sites worldwide, included more than 60,000

postmenopausal women in 10 countries in Europe, North America and

Australia.

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