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Association between bone mineral density and metabolic syndrome in Turkish women who were postmenopausal
Author(s) -
Ozelci Runa,
Dilbaz Berna,
Ozkaya Enis,
Cirik Derya A.,
Zengin Tuba,
Mollamahmutoğlu Leyla
Publication year - 2016
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.2015.10.010
Subject(s) - medicine , femoral neck , metabolic syndrome , bone mineral , outpatient clinic , retrospective cohort study , metabolic bone disease , osteoporosis , cohort , surgery , obesity
Objective To investigate the relationship between the parameters of metabolic syndrome and bone mineral density (BMD) at the femoral neck and lumbar spine in Turkish women who were postmenopausal. Methods In a retrospective study, the records of patients who were postmenopausal attending the Menopause Outpatient Clinic of a tertiary women's hospital in Ankara, Turkey, between January 1, 2014 and December 31, 2014 were retrieved. Patient's BMD at the lumbar spine and femoral neck were assessed using T‐scores, and parameters of metabolic syndrome were evaluated in all patients. Results The records of 315 patients were retrieved. The mean age of patients was 55.63 ± 6.14 years (range 45–71 years). Metabolic syndrome was recorded in 92 (29.2%) patients. Following adjustment for age, patients with metabolic syndrome had higher T‐scores at the femoral neck than patients without metabolic syndrome (− 0.67 ± 0.1 vs − 1.15 ± 0.06; P = 0.001); there was no significant difference in T‐scores at the lumbar spine ( P = 0.062). A Spearman correlation analysis of the entire study cohort demonstrated a negative association between high‐density lipoprotein cholesterol and BMD at the lumbar spine and femoral neck (r = − 0.12 and r = − 0.15, respectively). Conclusion Metabolic syndrome could have been partly associated with increased BMD in Turkish women who were postmenopausal.