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The American College of Physicians offer guidelines on screening for osteoporosis in men.

Even though osteoporosis is usually thought of as a disease that affects women, fractures due to thin bones also result in considerable morbidity and mortality in men. One of the main reasons may be the disease is substantially under diagnosed and under treated in the male population.

The American College of Physicians in a study published in the Annuals of Internal Medicine in May 2008 found that androgen deprivation is a strong predictor for osteoporosis and fractures in men. A thin body mass, cigarette smoking, low oral calcium intake, physical inactivity, as well as oral cortisone use were also noted to be risk factors for osteoporosis in men.

The ACP concluded the physician should order Dexa scanning for men who are at increased risk for osteoporosis, preferably before age 65. No studies have evaluated the optimal interval for repeat Dexa scanning. The ACP recommended that Dexa scanning is the standard for diagnosing osteoporosis in men.