THE RISK FACTORS IN POSTMENOPAUSAL OSTEOPOROSIS

Year 2000, Volume: 13 Issue: 4, 219 - 222, 03.12.2016

Nurettin Aka Emel Balkan Zeynep Tuzcular Vural Eşref Yazıcıoğlu

Abstract

Objective: The cause of post-menopausal
osteoporosis is estrogen deficiency. The source
and quality of estrogen changes during the postmenopausal
period. In this period the main
estrogen in the circulation is estrone and is
formed by the aromatization process of
androgens peripherally. This process depends
upon the body mass and age of the patients.
Therefore the aim of this study was to determine
the relationship between risk factors and
reduction of bone density in Turkish postmenopausal
women.
Methods and Results:' A hundred postmenopausal
women were evaluated; their
average age was 50.44 and their body mass
index (BMI) were calculated (kg/m2). Their age,
the duration of menopause and the
presence/absence of smoking were taken into
consideration. Bone mineral density assessment
was done with Lunar DPX. The data obtained
was evaluated by multiple regression analysis
and x2 test.
Conclusion: We found that BMI varies directly
and the duration of menopause indirectly with
bone mineral density. The age of the patient on
its own is barely related to bone mineral density
whereas a history of smoking has no effect.
K e y W o rd s : BMI and osteoporosis, Risk
factors, Postmenopausal osteoporosis

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