Open AccessFrequency of Osteopenia and its association with Socio Economic Status among general female population aged 18-60 years
Author(s) -
Sana Zahid,
Tallat Anwar Faridi,
Asif Hanif,
Zahid Masood,
Akash John,
Sofia Noor,
Aasia Noor,
Amioor
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
pakistan biomedical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2709-2798
pISSN - 2709-278X
DOI - 10.52229/pbmj.v4i1.71
Subject(s) - osteopenia , medicine , osteoporosis , bone mineral , demography , cross sectional study , population , gerontology , environmental health , pathology , sociology
Osteopenia is regarded as the Bone Mineral Density (BMD) which is lower than that of the average value but not as low as Osteoporosis. In Pakistan, Osteoporosis and Osteopenia among women have become one of the most common problems of recent times. Objectives: To find the frequency of osteopenia among females in Faisalabad and its association with SES (Socio Economic Status). Methodology: It was an analytical and cross-sectional study which was conducted at Niaz Medicare Clinic in Faisalabad. The study was completed in 9 months from 18 October 2019 to 18 July 2020. Non probability purposive sampling was done and 323 females were taken for the study. Results: The results demonstrated that 56.3% of the population had Osteopenia. Socio Economic Status had as statistically significant association with Osteopenia (p= 0.041). The results also revealed that the females belonging to middle class and lower class had a higher prevalence of Osteopenia than the females of upper Socio Economic Status. Conclusion: the frequency of Osteopenia was fairly high among females specifically the age group 18-29 years. There was an association found between Osteopenia and Socio Economic status (p =0.041).