Open AccessPrevalence and related risk factors of osteoporosis in peri- and postmenopausal Indian women
Author(s) -
Neelam Aggarwal,
Ainharan Raveendran,
Niranjan Khandelwal,
Ramesh Kumar Sen,
JS Thakur,
Lakhbir Kaur Dhaliwal,
Veenu Singla,
Sakthivel Rajan Rajaram Manoharan
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of mid-life health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.423
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 0976-7819
pISSN - 0976-7800
DOI - 10.4103/0976-7800.92537
Subject(s) - medicine , osteoporosis , menopause , menarche , family history , bone mineral , logistic regression , socioeconomic status , population , pediatrics , physical therapy , obstetrics , environmental health
We undertook this study involving 200 peri- and postmenopausal women to determine the prevalence of osteoporosis, and in turn increase the awareness, education, prevention, and treatment of osteoporosis.