Volume : 3, Issue : 11, November - 2014

Osteoporosis and Osteopenia in Pre and Post Menopausal Women-a Cross-Sectional Study

Dr. M. A. Q. Ansari, Dr. M. Asif Ali

Abstract :

A cross-sectional study was carried out to assess the prevalence of osteoporosis and Osteopenia in pre and post menopausal women by measuring their bone mineral density. A total of 350 women were enrolled for the study, of whom 190 were pre menopausal and 160 were post menopausal. BMD was measured by Ultrasound attenuation in the calcaneus bone. T-scores were used to categorise subjects into normal, osteoporosis and Osteopenia based on WHO criteria. It was observed that, of all the subjects recruited for the study 39.4%(n=138) were osteoporotic, 49.4%(n=173) were osteopenic and only 11.2%(n=39) had normal BMD. The prevalence of osteoporosis was high(71.2%) in post menopausal women whereas Osteopenia was found to be more(72.1%) in pre menopausal women. There is a need to study the risk factors associated with high prevalence of osteoporosis in post menopausal women and take preventive measures at an early age in pre menopausal women to reduce the incidence of this metabolic bone disease and the morbidity associated with it.