Comparative Study of Bone Mineral Density in Premenopausal and Postmenopausal Women

The study is aimed to compare the bone mineral content in the premenopausal and menopausal urban women, Who were not on hormone replacement or on any other treatment.

40 well nourished menopausal women between the age group 40–68 years were selected as study group and 40 well nourished premenopausal women between the age group 40–55 years were selected as control group. The study was carried out in a camp conducted in Owaisi hospital, where osteoporosis screening camp was organized. The women selected were healthy and had no previous history of diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, carcinomas or renal diseases Care had been taken to select women who did not have previous history of fracture. Calcaneus bone densities were measured by means of Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry.

Statistical analysis was done using Unpaired t test. There was a significant decrease in T-score in study group compared to control group.

It is concluded that menopausal women showed significant osteoporotic changes with loss of bone mass.