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Assessment of bone mineral density should be considered earlier in perimenopausal women with vasomotor symptoms
Author(s) -
Tural Alper,
Yoldemir Tevfik,
Erenus Mithat
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijgo.2009.07.015
Subject(s) - medicine , osteopenia , bone mineral , vasomotor , osteoporosis , menopause , outpatient clinic , physical therapy , bone density , gynecology , obstetrics
Objective To investigate the relationship between vasomotor symptoms (hot flashes) and osteopenia or osteoporosis in perimenopausal women. Method In this cross‐sectional study 79 perimenopausal women aged between 45 and 55 years and seen at the Gynecology or Menopause Outpatient Clinic of Marmara University School of Medicine were allotted to one of 2 groups according to the presence or absence of hot flashes. The groups were then compared for bone mineral density (BMD) of the lumbar vertebrae, as measured by dual energy X‐ray absorptiometry. Results The mean BMD measurement for vertebrae L2 to L4 was 0.32 ± 0.19 for the group with no hot flashes and − 0.53 ± 0.21 for the group with hot flashes ( P = 0.007). In the former, 6.1% of the women and in the latter, 32.6% of the women had a BMD value less than a 1.5 standard deviation from the mean ( P = 0.005). Conclusion Women with vasomotor symptoms are more prone to have osteopenia or osteoporosis.