She has osteoporosis which has led to compression fracture. Postmenopausal women are at highest risk due to age and decreased estrogen levels (estrogen withdrawal). [FA2020 p462]
Ironically, smoking is not as strong of a risk factor as female gender and postmenopause.
submitted by โshakakaka(18)
Risk factors for osteoporosis are gender( women) and ethnicity ( whites) according to BnB. In this case gender is answer, because she is African American.