The list of risk factors for osteoporosis and fractures is long and extensive. Some you can modify others like your age you can’t. Rather than listing innumerable risk factors, the most common are included below.
What You Can’t Change
Older age
Being a woman
Family history of fractures or osteoporosis
Race – White or Asian
Height
Illnesses or problems
Breast cancer
Celiac Disease
Crohn’s disease
Depression
Diabetes, Type 1 and Type 2
Early menopause before age 45
Epilepsy
Hyperthryoidism
Hyperparathyroidism
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Ulcerative colitis
Medicines
Steroids – Prednisone
Breast cancer therapy with aromatase inhibitors (Arimidex, Aromasin, Femara)
Depression treatment with SSRIs (Lexapro, Paxil, Prozac, Zoloft)
Diabetes treatment (Actos, Avandia)
Heartburn or stomach ulcer treatment with PPIs (Nexium, Prevacid, Prilosec)
What You Can Change
Weight
Lifestyle habits
Drinking more than 2 servings of alcohol a day
Physical inactivity
Smoking