A physician diagnoses primary osteoporosis in a client who has lost bone mass. In this metabolic disorder, the rate of bone resorption accelerates while bone formation slows. Primary osteoporosis is most common in:
a) young menstruating women.
b) elderly postmenopausal women.
c) young children.
d) elderly men.
Answer: b) elderly postmenopausal women.
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