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. 2016 Dec 30;4(1):46–56. doi: 10.5152/eurjrheum.2016.048

Table 1.

Secondary causes of osteoporosis (2, 6)

Lifestyle changes Genetic diseases Endocrine disorders Other
Vitamin D insufficiency Cystic fibrosis Central obesity AIDS/HIV
High salt intake Glycogen storage diseases Cushing’s syndrome Amyloidosis
Smoking (active or passive) Menkes steely hair syndrome Diabetes mellitus (types 1 and 2) Chronic obstructive lung disease
Alcohol abuse Osteogenesis imperfecta Hyperparathyroidism Congestive heart failure
Immobilizatıon Riley–Day syndrome Thyrotoxicosis Chronic metabolic acidosis
Excessive thinness Ehler Danlos Hypogonadal states: Depression
Frequent falling Hemochromatosis Androgen insensitivity End-stage renal disease
Low calcium intake Marfan syndrome Athletic amenorrhea Hypercalciuria
Inadequate physical activity Parental history of hip fracture Premature menopause (<40 years) Post-transplant bone disease
Excess vitamin A Gaucher’s disease Hyperprolactinemia Idiopathic scoliosis
Homocystinuria Panhypopituitarism Sarcoidosis
Hypophosphatasia Anorexia nervosa Weight loss
Porphyria Turner’s and Klinefelter’s syndromes

Gastrointestinal disorders Hematological disorders Neurological and musculoskeletal factors Rheumatologic and autoimmune diseases

Celiac disease Hemophilia Epilepsy Ankylosing spondylitis
Gastric bypass Leukemia and lymphomas Multiple sclerosis Systemic lupus
Gastrointestinal surgery Sickle cell disease Muscular dystrophy Rheumatoid arthritis
Malabsorption Multiple myeloma Parkinson’s disease Systemic lupus
Inflammatory bowel disease Monoclonal gammopathies Spinal cord injury Other rheumatic and autoimmune diseases
Pancreatic disease Systemic mastocytosis Stroke
Primary biliary cirrhosis Thalassemia Proximal myopathy
Medications

Aluminum (in antacids), Anticoagulants (heparin), Anticonvulsants, Aromatase inhibitors, Barbiturates, Cancer chemotherapeutic drugs, Depomedroxyprogesterone (premenopausal contraception), Glucocorticoids (≥5 mg/day prednisone or equivalent for ≥3 months), GnRH (gonadotropin-releasing hormone) agonists, Lithium Cyclosporine A, Tacrolimus, Methotrexate, Parental nutrition, Proton pump inhibitors Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, Tamoxifen® (premenopausal use) Thiazolidinediones, Thyroid hormones (in excess), warfarin

AIDS/HIV: acquired immune deficiency syndrome/human immunodeficiency virus