In elderly patients, with an already weakened bone, even minimal trauma may be sufficient to cause fracture and as such a fractured neck of femur is often referred to as a fragility fracture.

在老年患者中，由于骨质脆弱，即使轻微的外伤就可以造成骨折，诸如股骨颈骨折被归类为脆性骨折。

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This leads to increased bone fragility and risk of fracture, which disfigures and debilitates millions of middle aged and elderly people around the world, most of them women.

骨质疏松是一种以骨量减少、骨的显微结构受损、骨骼脆性增加为特征而发病于世界上数百万的中、老年群体中的疾病，尤以妇女居多。

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This leads to increased bone fragility and risk of fracture, which disfigures and debilitates millions of middle aged and elderly people around the world, most of them women.

骨质疏松是一种以骨量减少、骨的显微结构受损、骨骼脆性增加为特征而发病于世界上数百万的中、老年群体中的疾病，尤以妇女居多。

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