scholarly journals Association between Osteoporosis and Metabolic Syndrome in Postmenopausal Women

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (6) ◽  
pp. 15-18
Author(s):  
S. M. Muraduzzaman ◽  
S. Begum ◽  
A. Siddika ◽  
A. Islam ◽  
S. Sultana ◽  
...  

The risk of osteoporosis is higher in elderly and postmenopausal women. Several studies in different populations investigated the association between osteoporosis and metabolic syndrome (MS); however, the results are conflicting. In our population, no study has yet been conducted to evaluate this relationship in postmenopausal women. The aim of the study was to determine the relationship between osteoporosis and metabolic syndrome in postmenopausal women. In this study, a total of 131 postmenopausal women were included. Clinical history and anthropometric data were recorded and subjected to blood collection and scan for bone mineral density (BMD) and T-score at the lumbar spine and femoral neck and by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA). Osteoporosis and osteopenia were defined from T-score. The lipid profile was estimated by standard spectrophotometric methods. The mean±SD of age (years) of the postmenopausal women was 57.0±8.4. Bone mineral densities (g/cm2) were 0.78±0.17, 0.75±0.16, 0.72±0.16 and T-scores were   -2.32±1.54, -1.52±1.29, -1.53±1.39 respectively in lumbar spine, right femoral neck and left femoral neck. Osteoporosis and osteopenia were found in 58 (44.3%) and 45 (34.4%) study subjects, respectively. Eighty-three (63.4%) of the study subjects have metabolic syndrome (MS). On multiple regression analysis, considering BMD at lumbar spine, right femoral neck or left femoral neck as dependent variable and age, body mass index (BMI), and MS as independent variables, β values for MS with BMD were -0.041 (p = 0.184), 0.002 (p = 0.938), 0.011 (p = 0.688) and with T-score were -0.330 (p = 0.241), -0.005 (p = 0.984), 0.151 (p = 0.599) at lumbar spine and right femoral neck and left femoral neck respectively. The coefficient of osteoporosis with MS in multiple logistic regression analysis was β = 1.311, (p = 0.003). In conclusion, osteoporosis is found to be positively associated with metabolic syndrome in postmenopausal women.

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 116-120
Author(s):  
S. M. Muraduzzaman ◽  
S. Begum ◽  
S. Ali ◽  
S. Sultana ◽  
M. Saiedullah ◽  
...  

Background: Low bone mineral density (BMD) is a common disorder in the elderly and found to be most prevalent in postmenopausal women which are thought to be associated with several factors including hypertension, however, results are inconsistent in different studies. Aim of the study: This study aimed to explore the association between BMD and hypertension in postmenopausal women. Methods and materials: In this study, total 76 postmenopausal women were included. BMD was determined at the lumbar spine and femoral neck by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA). Anthropometric data and status of hypertension and diabetes were collected according to a pre-structured questioner. Results: Age (mean±SD) of the postmenopausal women was 57±9 years. Among them, 46 (60.5%) subjects were hypertensive and 30 (39.5%) were normotensive. Bone mineral density (g/cm2) in normotensive women and in hypertensive women were 0.79±0.15 vs 0.74±0.15 (p=0.160) at lumbar spine; 0.70±0.12 vs 0.69±0.13 (p=0.271) at right femoral neck and 0.73±0.15 vs 0.71±0.13 (p=0.592), respectively. T-scores at lumbar spine, right and left femoral neck in normotensive and hypertensive postmenopausal women were -2.28±1.37 vs -2.75±1.35 (p=0.153), -1.70±1.16 vs -1.95±1.07 (p=0.363) and -1.82±0.95 vs -1.93±1.01 (p=0.632) respectively. On multiple regression analysis, BMD and T-score only at lumbar spine showed inverse association with hypertension (β=-0.069, p=0.045; β=-0.612, p=0.050) on adjusting confounding variables. Conclusion: Hypertension is independently associated with BMD and T-score measured from the lumbar spine but not with BMD and T-score measured from the femoral neck in postmenopausal women.


2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 138-141
Author(s):  
Samira Sharmin ◽  
Mabubul Haque ◽  
Syedur Rahman Miah ◽  
Md Mahbub Ur Rahman ◽  
Jasmine Ara Haque ◽  
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Objectives: Low bone mass is a common disorder in elderly population which predisposes to fracture with minimal trauma. This study was performed to find out the association between the Body Mass Index (BMI) and Bone Mineral Density (BMD) in postmenopausal women.Materials and Methods: This cross sectional study was carried out at Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences Comilla and Mitford, Dhaka over a period of 12 months from January 2013 to December 2013. A total 93 postmenopausal women were enrolled for this study. All postmenopausal women underwent a BMD scan of femoral neck and lumbar vertebrae using a Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DEXA). Participants were categorized into three groups according to their age and BMI. BMD were expressed base on T-score according to WHO criteria. The relation among BMI, age and BMD were assessed.Results: The results of this study showed that the mean age of the study group was 57.13±7.49 years with range of 46 to 75 years. The most postmenopausal women were in age group 55-65years. The mean BMI of the study subjects were 24.18±5.08 kg/m2 with a range of 15.62 to 36.20 kg/m2. Among 93 subjects osteopenia was greater at lumbar spine (45.2%) with T-score mean±SD-1.83±0.33 and osteoporosis at femoral neck (51.6%) with T-score mean ±SD-3.36±-0.67. Pearson’s correlation coefficient test showed inverse relationship between age and BMD both lumbar spine (r = -0.301, p = 0.003) and femoral neck (r = -0.303, p=0.003) whereas the positive relation between BMI and BMD both at lumbar spine (r=0.338, p=0.001) and femoral neck (r =0.343, p=0.001). These showed that with advancing age, BMD decreases and the risk of osteoporosis increases and with increasing BMI, BMD increases and risk of osteoporosis decreases.Conclusion: The findings of this study portrait that aging and low BMI are risk factors associated with bone loss. So preventive measure should be taken for high risk post menopausal women.Bangladesh J. Nuclear Med. 17(2): 138-141, July 2014


2011 ◽  
Vol 129 (3) ◽  
pp. 139-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniela Fodor ◽  
Cosmina Bondor ◽  
Adriana Albu ◽  
Laura Muntean ◽  
Siao-pin Simon ◽  
...  

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVES: Controversy exists regarding the relationship between atherosclerosis and osteoporosis. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between intima-media thickness (IMT) of the common carotid artery (CCA), presence of calcified atherosclerotic plaques and bone mineral density (BMD) evaluated by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), in postmenopausal women. DESIGN AND SETTING: Cross-sectional study at Second Internal Medicine Clinic, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. METHODS: We studied the IMT (left and right CCA and mean IMT) and T-score (lumbar spine L2-L4, femoral neck and total hip) in 100 postmenopausal women (mean age 64.5 years). The presence of calcified atherosclerotic plaque and osteoporotic vertebral fractures was also noted. RESULTS: IMT in the left and right CCA and mean IMT were significantly associated with T-score measured for the lumbar spine L2-L4, femoral neck and total hip, with lower T-score, in the osteoporotic group than in the normal and osteopenic groups (P < 0.05). IMT had a significantly negative correlation with the lumbar spine T-score and femoral neck T-score; and mean IMT with lowest T-score. Mean IMT (P < 0.001), high blood pressure (P = 0.005) and osteoporotic vertebral fractures (P = 0.048) showed statistical significance regarding the likelihood of developing atherosclerotic plaque. CONCLUSIONS: In women referred for routine osteoporosis screening, the relationship between CCA, atherosclerosis and osteoporosis can be demonstrated using either cortical or trabecular BMD. Vertebral fractures may be considered to be a likelihood factor for atherosclerotic plaque development.


2021 ◽  
Vol 80 (Suppl 1) ◽  
pp. 833.2-834
Author(s):  
S. Garcia ◽  
B. M. Fernandes ◽  
M. Rato ◽  
F. Oliveira Pinheiro ◽  
D. Fonseca ◽  
...  

Background:Teriparatide has been shown to increase spine and hip bone mineral density (BMD) and to reduce vertebral and non-vertebral fractures. (1) It is currently not clear whether the effect of teriparatide is dependent on the baseline risk of fracture or osteoporosis (OP) type, a finding that could have an impact on our therapeutic decision.Objectives:Investigate if there is a relationship between teriparatide effect in BMD and baseline 10-year fracture probability, assessed using FRAX®, in primary and secondary OP patients.Methods:This is a longitudinal, retrospective study including consecutive patients with the diagnosis of OP treated with teriparatide for 24 months, with a ten-year follow-up period, at our rheumatology department. Demographic, clinical, laboratorial, BMD and occurrence of fracture data were collected. The 10-year risk of osteoporotic fracture was estimated using the fracture risk assessment tool (FRAX) v 4.1 with the Portuguese population reference. Statistical analysis was performed using the software SPSS 23.0. Correlations between continuous variables were evaluated with spearman coefficient. p<0.05 was considered statistically significant.Results:Eighty patients (88.8% female, median age 65.00 (59; 75)) were included. Forty-nine patients (61.3%) has secondary OP, mainly of cortisonic etiology (61.2%, n=30). Before treatment, median lumbar spine BMD was 0.870 [0.767, 0.964] g/cm2, median T-score of -2.60 (-3.30, -1.90); median total femur BMD was 0.742 [0.667, 0.863] g/cm2, median T-score of -2.10 (-2.80, -1.30); median femoral neck BMD was 0.671 [0.611, 0.787] g/cm2, median T-score of -2.50 [-3.20, -1.85]. Regarding fracture risk, median FRAX-based 10-year major fracture risk (with BMD) at baseline was 16% [10.0; 23], and median hip fracture risk was 7.2% [3.4; 13.8].The median variation of BMD, after finishing teriparatide treatment, in the spine was 0.107 [0.029; 0.228]; median BMD variation in total femur was 0.013 [-0.013; 0.068] and median BMD femoral neck was 0.046 [-0.002; 0.109]. We observed a numerically superior effect, albeit without any statistical significance, of teriparatide on bone mineral density gain in secondary OP (versus primary OP) at lumbar spine, total femur and femoral neck.Most patients continued anti-osteoporotic treatment with a bisphosphonate (81.2%, n=65) and, during follow-up, 17 patients had an incident fracture (8 hip fractures and 6 vertebral fractures), median of 5 [1.75, 8.25] years after ending teriparatide.We found a discrete correlation between FRAX-based hip fracture probability and the variation of bone mineral density in total femur (Spearman’s coefficient 0.248, p = 0.04). There was no correlation between FRAX-based major fracture probability and and the variation of bone mineral density in the spine or femur. When we separately analyze the relationship between the variation in total hip BMD and the FRAX-based fracture risk, depending on whether it is a secondary or primary OP, we find that the correlation is stronger and only remains in secondary OP (Spearman’s coefficient 0.348, p = 0.03).Conclusion:Our data suggest that teriparatide could be an important weapon in the treatment of secondary cause OP, particularly cortisonic, and in patients at high fracture risk, although further larger studies are needed to confirm these findings.References:[1]Kendler DL, Marin F, Zerbini CAF, Russo LA, Greenspan SL, Zikan V, Bagur A, Malouf-Sierra J, Lakatos P, Fahrleitner-Pammer A, Lespessailles E, Minisola S, Body JJ, Geusens P, Möricke R, López-Romero P. Effects of teriparatide and risedronate on new fractures in post-menopausal women with severe osteoporosis (VERO): a multicentre, double-blind, double-dummy, randomised controlled trial. Lancet. 2018 Jan 20;391(10117):230-240. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)32137-2.Disclosure of Interests:None declared.


2021 ◽  
pp. 107110072199626
Author(s):  
Young Hwan Park ◽  
Hyun Woo Cho ◽  
Jung Woo Choi ◽  
Hak Jun Kim

Background: The association between ankle fractures in elderly patients and low bone mineral density (BMD) has recently been recognized, but the effect of BMD on the postoperative outcome of these fractures is unknown. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of BMD on the postoperative outcome of ankle fractures in elderly patients to evaluate the need for BMD screening. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed 48 patients aged 65 years or older who had ankle fractures and underwent dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry to assess BMD after surgical treatment of the fracture. Postoperative outcomes were assessed using the Olerud-Molander Ankle Score (OMAS), visual analog scale (VAS) score for pain, Kellgren and Lawrence (K&L) grading scale score, and quality of fracture reduction. The correlation between the BMD and the outcome measures at 12 months after surgery was analyzed using the Pearson correlation coefficient. Results: The mean absolute value of BMD was 0.6 ± 0.1 g/cm2 (T-score, –1.5 ± 1.2) at the femoral neck and 0.8 ± 0.2 g/cm2 (T-score, –1.2 ± 1.5) at the lumbar spine. Osteoporosis was present in 33% of female patients and in 11% of male patients. At 12 months after surgery, the OMAS was 70 ± 17 and the VAS score for pain was 18 ± 17. Of the patients, 20, 21, 5, 1, and 1 had K&L grades of 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4, respectively. None of the clinical and radiographic outcome measures were correlated with the BMD values of the patients. Conclusion: The postoperative outcome of the ankle fractures in elderly patients at 12 months after surgery showed no correlation with femoral neck or lumbar spine BMD at the time of fracture. Level of Evidence: Level III, retrospective comparative study.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Berenice Rivera-Paredez ◽  
Amado D Quezada-Sánchez ◽  
Edgar Denova-Gutiérrez ◽  
Leticia Torres-Ibarra ◽  
Yvonne N Flores ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT Background Macro- and micronutrients, such as proteins, vitamin D, and calcium (Ca), are important dietary factors that can modify bone mineral density (BMD). Genetic factors can interact with diet, affecting an individual's predisposition to osteoporosis. Objectives This study aimed to evaluate the associations between macro- and micronutrient intakes and BMD in Mexican postmenopausal women, and their interactions with genetic polymorphisms involved in the vitamin D metabolic pathway. Methods We analyzed data from 317 postmenopausal women from the Health Workers Cohort Study, a longitudinal cohort studied in Cuernavaca, Mexico. Postmenopausal women participated in 2 data collection waves (2004–2006 and 2010–2011), with a mean time of 6.4 years. Dietary intake was assessed with a semi-quantitative FFQ. BMD (femoral neck, hip, and lumbar spine) was measured by DXA. Hybrid mixed-effects regression models were used to assess the associations of dietary macro- and micronutrients on BMD, after adjusting for confounding factors and for diet and single nucleotide polymorphism interactions. Results At baseline, the median age was 57 years (IQR, 50–64). Mean femoral neck, hip, and lumbar spine BMDs decreased over time. We observed statistically significant longitudinal associations for diet (Ca, vitamin D, magnesium, phosphorus, and protein intake) and BMD. Increases of vitamin D, Ca, and protein intakes by 1 SD were associated with mean increases in the femoral neck BMD (0.083 SD, 0.064 SD, and 0.130 SD, respectively). Multiple significant interactions were identified between several loci (CYP2R1, CYP24A1, CYP27B1, VDR, and DHCR7/NADSYN1) and diet for BMDs (femoral neck, hip, and lumbar spine), mainly for protein intake. Conclusions Our data support associations of vitamin D, Ca, protein, phosphorous, and magnesium consumption with BMD in Mexican postmenopausal women and suggest possible gene-diet interactions. These results could facilitate future personalized nutrition recommendations to help prevent low BMD.


2015 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 58-64
Author(s):  
C Zonunsanga ◽  
Hmingthanmawii LNU ◽  
Minggam Pertin ◽  
Chongreilen Chiru ◽  
Romi Singh Nongmaithem ◽  
...  

Abstract Aim To evaluate the quality of life in postmenopausal women and its correlation with bone mineral density. Study design Cross-sectional study. Duration of the study October 2012 to September 2014. Settings Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department, Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Imphal. Study population Postmenopausal women who attended the department during the study period. Materials and Methods Quality of life was assessed using WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire, a validated brief version of the WHOQOL-100. Bone mineral density (BMD) in the lumbar spine, femoral neck and trochanter were measured using dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) scan – GE Lunar model. Results A total of 125 patients were studied. The mean t-scores in lumbar spine, femoral neck and trochanter were -2.550 ± 1.209, -1.831 ± 0.921 and -1.621 ± 1.064 respectively. The mean BMD (g/cm2) in lumbar spine, femoral neck and trochanter were 0.867 ± 0.144, 0.789 ± 0.131 and 0.682 ± 0.139 respectively. The mean overall WHOQOL score was 57.68±10.07. There were statistically significant positive association of WHOQOL score with the BMDs in lumbar spine, femoral neck and trochanter (p < 0.05). Multivariate regression showed significant relation of overall WHOQOL score with BMD lumbar spine (b=0.229; R2=0.119), BMD femoral neck (b=0.285; R2=0.129), and BMD trochanter (b=0.245; R2=0.119). Conclusion BMDs in the lumbar spine, femoral neck and trochanter had a positive correlation with quality of life scores. BMD also had a good predictive value in determining the quality of life in postmenopausal women.


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