What e the risk factors for Pagets disease of the bone?
Age and heredity are the only known risk factors for Paget’s disease. Occasionally, the disease runs in families. People older than 40 are the most likely to develop Paget’s disease. Men and women are affected at similar rates. Paget’s disease is slightly more common in men than in women and often begins between the ages of 50 and 70. No definite evidence exists indicating that Paget’s disease is hereditary. However, in some instances, it tends to run in families. The disease affects mostly Caucasians of northwestern European ancestry. In the United States, Paget’s disease is also seen occasionally in African-Americans.
