Statistics of smokers vs non smokers who get osteoporosis?

Risk factor: Osteoporosis: the effects of smoking on bone health www.Webmd.Com/osteoporosis/...Osteoporosis-7/smoking-cigarettescigarette smoke generates free radicals -- molecules that attack and overwhelm the body's natural defenses -- contributing to bone loss and osteoporosis.

High: Smokers are almost 12 times more likely than nonsmokers to get osteoporosis. See table 3 in this article ( http://goo.Gl/6vo1x ) and look at the likelihood ratio. The odds ratio is different, meaning that out of everyone with osteoporosis, the odds are greater than 3 to 1 that you will also be a smoker.