title: [Importance of the clinical profile in the postmenopausal osteoporosis screening by densitometry].
abstract: In order to test the impact of a given risk profile on the incidence of osteoporosis which could justify BMD measurement, and that of a low risk profile which could render it unnecessary, BMD was measured in 217 women under 72 in whom menopause had occurred at least 6 years previously and who corresponded to one of the two following profiles: high risk (A, n = 102) = BMI < 27 kg/m2, with no estrogen replacement treatment, and with at least one of the following risk factors: BMI < 20, early menopause, positive family history, no dairy products associated with tobacco consumption (> 10 cigarettes/day for > 20 years and/or alcohol consumption of > 0.5 l wine/day during > 10 years, corticotherapy of > 6 months, rickets, anorexia nervosa. Low risk (B, n = 115) = absence of characteristics of group A, BMI > 27 kg/m2 with (B+, n = 24) or without estrogen therapy (B-, n = 91). BMD was measured by DXA in 4 centers using Lunar or Hologic equipment. Results were expressed in % of the mean of the respective young adult control groups. As expected, BMD was significantly different in these two subgroups of the population. Osteoporosis was diagnosed (BMD < 75% = < -2.5 SD, according to WHO) in 72% of group A, and in 17% (B+) and 19% (B-) respectively of group B. There was no difference between the various risk factors in group A concerning their impact on BMD, but concerning incidence, low BMI and early menopause were the most frequent. The high risk profile of group A seems to justify densitometry, since it leads to the diagnosis of osteoporosis in over 70%. However, the protective profile of group B does not exclude osteoporosis (risk still 20%); only in severe obesity (BMI > 33) does it drop to 1%.
authors.affiliation: Départment de médecine interne, CHUV, Lausanne.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Bigler
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Abetel
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Krieg
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wimpfheimer
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Burnand
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Thiébaud
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Burckhardt
mesh_terms: D015502:Absorptiometry, Photon; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015519:Bone Density; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D015663:Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors
vernacular_title: Importance du profil clinique dans le dépistage de l'ostéoporose postménopausique par densitométrie.