Relation between bone mineral content and clinical, hormonal and biochemical parameters in postmenopausal women

Acar B., Uslu T., Topuz A., Osma E., Ercal T., Posaci C., ...More

ARCHIVES OF GYNECOLOGY AND OBSTETRICS, vol.261, no.3, pp.121-128, 1998 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 261 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 1998
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/s004040050211
  • Journal Name: ARCHIVES OF GYNECOLOGY AND OBSTETRICS
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.121-128
  • Keywords: menopause, osteoporosis, steroid hormones, risk factors, PREMENOPAUSAL WOMEN, HIP FRACTURE, SEX STEROIDS, RISK-FACTORS, OLDER WOMEN, DENSITY, MENOPAUSE, OSTEOPOROSIS, MASS, ABSORPTIOMETRY
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

We studied factors related to bone mass after a natural or surgical menopause in 73 healthy women attending the menopause clinic of a university hospital. In the natural menopause group we found inverse correlations between bone mineral density (BMD) vs, menopausal duration; BMD vs, body mass index (BMI) and BMI vs. inorganic phosphate (Pi), borderline correlations between weight vs. thyroxin (T4) and weight vs, luteinising hormone (LH) and a positive correlation between androstenedione (D4A) vs. urinary calcium (Uca). In the surgical menopause group we found some negative correlations (BMD vs. menopausal duration, BMI vs. Pi; BMI vs. dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate (DS), weight vs. DS and cortisol vs. Uca) and some positive correlations (BMD vs. free testosterone (fT), BMD vs, calcium (Ca), and BMD vs. Uca). We concluded that the serum hormone levels we measured were not useful markers of current bone mineral status.