Abstract

COUTO NUNEZ, Dayana; NAPOLES MENDEZ, Danilo  and  DEULOFEU BETANCOURT, Isabel. Postmenopausal osteoporosis according to bony densitometry. MEDISAN [online]. 2011, vol.15, n.12, pp. 1765-1774. ISSN 1029-3019.

A descriptive and cross-sectional study in 146 women, assisted at the Climacteric Department in "Dr. Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso" Teaching General Hospital from Santiago de Cuba was carried out during the 2010, with the objective of measuring the loss of bony mass in them. The results showed as predominant risk factors: the bilateral oophorectomy before 50 years, the ceasing of menstruation before 40 years and low weight. The densitometry revealed that 45,9 % of the females suffered from osteopenia and 35,6 %, osteoporosis, with high significance of the relation between the climacteric and the densitometric results. It was concluded that osteoporosis is frequent in this stage, so that it should be early diagnosed, and an effective therapy be assured to improve life quality.

Keywords : woman; menopause; climacteric; osteoporosis; bony densitometry; secondary health care.

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