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osteopenia

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osteopenia [‚äs·tē·ə′pē·nē·ə]
(medicine)
The reduction in bone volume and bone structural quality.
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And despite finding a harmful relationship between depressed testosterone levels and rates of heart disease, stroke, and high blood pressure, as well as osteopenia in men, researchers found that it was independent of deficiencies in vitamin D.
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Statistics indicate that osteopenia is more prevalent among women in Yemen than it is among men.
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