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. 2021 Feb 20;22(4):2105. doi: 10.3390/ijms22042105

Table 3.

List of risk factors for secondary osteoporosis in men [63,64,65,66,67]. The most part of these factors are common in men and and women.

Category Risk Factor
General Low BMI
Lifestyle Alcoholism
Smoke
Sedentary lifestyle
Hormonal Glucocorticoid excess
Hypogonadism (e.g., hormonal suppressive therapy for prostate cancer) Hyperparathyroidism
Hyperthyroidism
Gastrointestinal disorders Malabsorption syndromes
Inflammatory bowel diseases
Gluten enteropathy
Primary biliary cirrhosis
Gastrectomy
Systemic illnesses Rheumatoid arthritis
Multiple myeloma
Other malignancies
Drugs Glucocorticoids
Anticonvulsants
Thyroid hormone
Chemotherapeutics
Other Hypercalciuria
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Posttransplant syndrome
Neuromuscular disorders
History of cerebrovascular accidents