Who is affected by Paget's disease

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Who is affected by Paget's disease

Paget's disease is the second most common bone disease (osteoporosis is most common).¹ Paget's disease:

• Is found most often in people living in Western Europe (Britain, France, and Germany) or people of Western European descent.²
• Occurs about equally in men and women.¹
• Is rare in people younger than 40, and is most common in people who are older than 50.³ The risk of developing this disease increases as a person ages.

References

Citations

1. Kanis JA (2004). Paget's disease of bone (osteitis deformans). In L Goldman, D Ausiello, eds., Cecil Textbook of Medicine, 22nd ed., vol. 2, pp. 1579–1582. Philadelphia: Saunders.

2. Favus MJ, Vokes TJ (2005). Paget disease and other dysplasias of bone. In DL Kasper et al., eds., Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 16th ed., vol. 2, pp. 2279–2286. New York: McGraw-Hill.

3. Lane N, Leboff MS (2005). Paget's disease of bone section of Metabolic bone diseases. In ED Harris Jr et al., eds., Kelley's Textbook of Rheumatology, 7th ed., vol. 2, pp. 1487–1490. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders.

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Last updated:	September 14, 2007
Author:	Shannon Erstad, MBA/MPH
Reviewed By:	Caroline S. Rhoads, MD - Internal Medicine, Matthew I. Kim, MD - Endocrinology & Metabolism
Editors:	Kathleen M. Ariss, MS, Pat Truman, MATC