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Osteopenia in 25 % of 40 year olds in UAE (low vitamin D) – Jan 2014

UAE doctors issue health alert over osteoporosis in young people Jan 2014 UAE

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  • She also cited a study by an Abu Dhabi hospital which polled 1,825 people in the UAE – with an average age of 42 – and found that about a quarter had osteopenia, the precursor to osteoporosis, and 2.4 per cent had osteoporosis.
  • “I did a study in my clinic and found 75 per cent of osteoporosis patients had vitamin D deficiency,” he said.
  • “Vitamin D deficiency is the most common cause of osteoporosis,” he said.

See also VitaminDWiki