Prevalence of osteopenia and osteoporosis in a normal female Puerto Rican population.

Abstract:

:The World Health Organization criteria for the diagnosis of Osteopenia and Osteopoposis was applied to a control group of 33 females ages 50 to 59 years and 24 females ages 60 to 69 years. The general exclusion criteria for the selection of subjects included early menopause and diseases, use of drugs and toxic habits such as smoking and alcoholism, known to affect bone and mineral metabolism. Bone mineral densities were measured with a DEXA Hologic, model 1000. In the reference population mean peak bone mineral density expressed in g/cm2 was 1.051 (SD = 0.119) for the lumbar spine at age 30 to 39 years and for the femoral neck 0.861 (SD = 0.098) at age 20 to 29 years. Bone densities below 1 to 2.5 SD from mean peak bone mass ranged from 0.932 to 0.754 g/cm2 in the lumbar spine and 0.763 to 0.616 g/cm2 for the femoral neck. The mean age of the pooled group was 58.4 years. The prevalence of osteopenia in the pooled group was 42 % for the lumbar spine and 56% for the femoral neck and of osteoporosis, 12% for the lumbar spine and 8.7% for the femoral neck. A similar prevalence has been found by other investigators in hispanic populations. Such a high percentage of females with osteopenia implicates that bone densitometry must be done in the perimenopausal years and in young individuals at risk so as to proceed with early medical intervention to prevent osteoporosis.

journal_name

P R Health Sci J

authors

Haddock L

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1997-09-01 00:00:00

pages

241-4

issue

3

eissn

0738-0658

issn

2373-6011

journal_volume

16

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