Table 1.

Metabolic changes in late adulthood and the calculated fracture risks (for privacy, only Hebrew names are used).

Name Age While in Ghetto Duration of Malnutrition Osteoporosis Any Fracture Risk (%): 5y / 10y Hip Fracture Risk (%):5y / 10y
Moshe 4 12 months + 6.4 / 1.8 1.1 / 2.1
Hannah 1.5 12 months + 5.0 / 10.3 0.6 / 1.2
Malaach In utero, last trimester till 6 months of postnatal age ++ 4.0 / 8.5 0.6 / 1.2
Shoshana Born 1947 No 2.0 / 4.2 0.1 / 0.2
RMMJ Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal Rambam Health Care Campus 2014 January; 5(1): e0004. ISSN: 2076-9172
Published online 2014 January 21. doi: 10.5041/RMMJ.10138