Nowadays, worldwide, osteoporosis affects approximately 7% of men and 17% of women; from these, 70% are aged 80 years old or older2. In Europe, United States anf Japan, osteoporosis affects approximately 75 million people and over 8 million hip fractures are estimated to happen in the next 50 years3. In Latin America, studies on the prevalence of hip fracture report a frequency of 2 cases every 10 thousand people4.