Abstract
Dear Editor, We read with interest the study by Sanfelix-Genoves et al. [1] in Osteoporosis International regarding the prevalence of the most important risk factors for osteoporosis and osteoporotic fracture in a large sample of women and men from the Mediterranean region of Valencia, Spain. The authors report a prevalence of osteoporosis of 30.2 % (95 % CI 28.7–31.6 %) in the women and 6.2 % (95 % CI 5.6–6.8 %) in the men. The prevalence observed in the women is similar to that previously observed by the same group [2] but higher than those reported by Diaz-Curiel et al. [3]. Despite the different rates reported by other local studies, the prevalence observed by Sanfelix-Genoves et al. is the highest observed to date in Spain in such a large sample. Beyond the possibility that there are real differences between populations within Spain (which underscores the importance of population-based studies to assess the real prevalence of osteoporosis), after analyzing their data, we would like to make the following comments:
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