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Test your knowledge of osteoporosis by answering True or False to each question below.

 
 

Women have a lower bone mass and a higher incidence of fractures than men.

 

 True

 

 False

 
 

The more usual cause of an osteoporotic fracture is a fall from a standing height or less.

 

 True

 

 False

 
 

More than 1 in 20 elderly people will have a fall each year.

 

 True

 

 False

 
 

Most falls occur outdoors.

 

 True

 

 False

 
 

Vertebral (spine) fractures occur most commonly in people with osteoporosis.

 

 True

 

 False

 
 

Vitamins C, K and B-12 stimulate bone growth.

 

 True

 

 False

 

 
 
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