When Helen suffered a broken hip, she was surprised to learn that

a. men have a higher incidence of osteoporosis than women.
b. the hip may have broken first and caused her to fall.
c. older women lose less calcium than men.
d. being a woman is not a risk factor for osteoporosis.


Answer: b

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