1Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physiology, Late Shri Lakhi Ram Agrawal Memorial Govt. Medical College, Raigarh, Chattisgarh, India
2Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physiology, Chalmeda Anandrao institute of medical sciences, Karimnagar, Telangana
3Associate Professor, Dept. of Physiology, Late Shri Lakhi Ram Agrawal Memorial Govt. Medical College, Raigarh, Chattisgarh, India
*Corresponding author: Akshay Berad, Assistant Professor, Dept of Physiology, Chalmeda Anandrao institute of medical sciences, Karimnagar, Telangana state India. Email: akshay_berad@rediffmail.com, Mobile: 9764149343
Online published on 4 April, 2019.
Menopause is the permanent cessation of menstruation seen in women between 40–61 years of age. Menopause is characterised by reduction in ovarian hormone production. Oestrogen deficiency and age related processes cause decrease in calcium levels in post menopausal women.
To study serum calcium levels in premenopausal and post menopausal women.
Cross sectional study was conducted. 35 pre menopausal and 30 post menopausal women were selected according to inclusion and exclusion criteria. Patients with medical history of major systemic diseases, women on hormone replacement therapy, and women who had surgical menopause were not included in the study. Serum calcium levels were estimated in both groups. For statistical analysis the value of laboratory parameters were presented as the Mean±SD (standard deviation). A Student's t-test was used for cross-sectional comparisons of continuous variables between the groups.
Serum calcium levels were significantly lower in post menopausal women than in pre menopausal women.
Post menopausal women are calcium deficient.
Premenopausal women, postmenopausal women, Menopause, serum calcium
