Anamnestic risk factor questionnaire as reliable diagnostic instrument for osteoporosis (reduced bone morphogenic density)

Table 1 Medical questionnaire of anamnestic risk factors for reduced BMD

	men	women	total
Reduction of body height > 4 cm	3	9	12
Alcohole abuse	2	4	6
Age > 70	2	14	16
Anorexia nervosa	0	0	0
Anticonvulsive therapy	1	0	1
Already suffered osteoporotic fractures	2	9	11
BMI < 20 kg/m ²	0	0	0
Chronical renal or hepatic disease	0	2	2
Family history	3	19	22
Early menopause (< 45. Lj.)	-	13	13
Late menarche (> 15. Lj.)	-	2	2
Highdose heparintherapy	0	1	1
Hormon replacement therapy	0	6	6
Hyperparathyroidism	0	0	0
Hyperthyroidism	0	4	4
(N)IDDM	1	3	4
Immobilisation, Inactivity	1	1	2
Malabsorption-syndrome	0	0	0
Multiple Sclerosis	0	1	1
Nikotine abuse	3	12	15
Rheumatoid Arthritis	0	4	4

The right columns show the frequence of aberrations of the single risk factors in our study.

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