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. TREATMENT. OF POSTMENOPAUSAL OSTEOPOROSIS: 2001 . sis, and treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis, which . women with osteoporosis receive treatment. .

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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGISTS MEDICAL GUIDELINES FOR CLINICAL PRACTICE

BACKGROUND • Postmenopausal osteoporosis affects many people. Although white women are most often affected, womenof all races and all ethnic origins are susceptible toosteoporosis and fracture. Men and younger womenmay also have osteoporosis; however, these guidelinesare limited to postmenopausal osteoporosis. • By the end of the first postmenopausal decade, half of white women have osteopenia or osteoporosis (Fig. 1). • Low BMD at the femoral neck (T-score of − 2.5 or below) is found in 21% of postmenopausal whiteAmerican women, 16% of postmenopausal MexicanAmerican women, and 10% of postmenopausal AfricanAmerican women. • The prevalence of vertebral fractures among post- menopausal women is higher than 20%.