Question

A 60-year-old man has been diagnosed with osteopenia. Which of the following is most likely to have contributed to this condition? age and inadequate phosphorus intake gender and inadequate phosphorus intake age, inactivity, and inadequate intake of calcium and vitamin D inactivity and gender inactivity and inadequate intake of calcium and vitamin

Answer 1

Answer; Age, inactivity, and inadequate intake of calcium and Vitamin D

Reason ; The referred disease condition occurs when a person become very old and crosses certain age, their bone mass get decreased and are more prone to develop other complication such as osteoporosis. One of the major factor that leads to these condition is aging and the poor consumption of calcium. Therefore the above mentioned option would be the appropriate one.