Introduction:

Osteoporosis is a multifactorial disease that increases in prevalence with age, and may be associated with fragility fractures. In Colombia there are few studies conducted on male osteoporosis.

Objective:

To describe the characteristics of men with osteoporosis who received care at the endocrinology outpatient clinic in two institutions in Manizales.

Materials and methods:

Descriptive, cross-sectional study. The medical records of over 18-year old men that submitted a bone densitometry report to the endocrinology clinic from January 2009 to October 2018 were reviewed.

The results of the bone densitometry studies, the frequency of the types of osteoporosis, their etiology, risk factors, and the characteristics of fragility fractures were described.

Results:

A total of 417 medical records were reviewed, of which 303 met the eligibility criteria. The mean age was 66 years; 90 % of were over 50 old. Osteoporosis was diagnosed in 82.2 % of the men, with a higher frequency among those between 50 and 89 years old. 61% had secondary osteoporosis, and the main causes were chronic use of glucocorticoids (42.1 %), hypogonadism (23.7 %), and hyperparathyroidism (16.4 %). 42.2 % presented with fragility fractures and the most common location was the spine (80 %).

Conclusions:

The diagnosis of osteoporosis was frequent among the male population in this trial; the most frequent type was secondary osteoporosis, and a significant percentage of men had fragility fractures.

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