Anxiety linked to higher risk of osteoporosis in middle-aged women: study
Researchers are urging GPs to monitor at-risk women with bone density screening.
Anxiety disorders may increase the risk of osteoporosis and fractures in middle-aged women, suggest findings presented at the Screening Conference 2025 in Sydney last week.
The research analysed 20 years of data from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health and found that women with self-reported anxiety had a 9% higher risk of developing osteoporosis and a 41% increased risk of fractures.
