Bone mineral density increases from age 8 to approximately 20-22 years, after which women experience a decline in midlife due to menopause.

“The first is that up until, you know, the 20s, men and women are kind of similar, right? you go through a profound increase in BMD from the time you're 8 years old until you're about 20 years old. Difference one is that uh while women maintain a reasonable plateau, they tend to fall quite precipitously in midlife and that's obviously due to menopause.”

“The first is that up until, you know, the 20s, men and women are kind of similar, right? you go through a profound increase in BMD from the time you're eight years old until you're about 20 years old. Difference one is that uh while women maintain a reasonable plateau, they tend to fall quite precipitously in midlife and that's obviously due to menopause.”

“both men and women hit Peak bone density in their early 20s and for men the if you look at their reduction in bone mineral density from their 20s on it's it's a gradual decline for women it's a gradual decline until menopause then a very straight harsh line Decline and when you consider the risk of um falling and the impact of um a broken hip or femur later in life both in terms of mortality and morbidity you realize that that may be the single biggest risk of menopause on women though not appreciated in their 50s and not only showing up another 60s”