Dr Jagdip Madaan said 70 per cent patients were found to have osteopenia to osteoporosis. “Osteoporosis is a silent killer which makes the bones so fragile that a simple slip can cause serious fractures. Fractures around hip joint are very serious and invariably need surgery causing serious economic and social burden on family and society. Osteoporotic hip fractures are leading cause of morbidity in Indian society,” informed Dr Madaan.

He said that osteoporosis was more common in women near menopausal age, patients on steroids, on diabetics, thyroid problems, persons living sedentary life style, alcoholics and chain-smokers. “In recent surveys, at least 30 crore people in India were detected to have some degree of osteoporosis.”