Aetiology and clinical characteristics of male osteoporosis. Have they changed in the last few years?

Abstract

Idiopathic osteoporosis is the most frequent cause of male osteoporosis in this study. In these patients, family history of osteoporosis and associated hypercalciuria are frequent. The most frequent causes of secondary osteoporosis in males include corticosteroid therapy, hypogonadism and alcoholism. Although clinical characteristics of male osteoporosis are similar to that previously reported, in this study the percentage of patients with idiopathic osteoporosis was higher than previously observed.