Relation of low bone mineral density and carotid atherosclerosis in postmenopausal women.
Due to the lack of convincing data about the association between atherosclerosis and osteoporosis, we evaluated the association between carotid atherosclerosis and bone mineral density in a sample of apparently healthy postmenopausal women who underwent health-screening in our hospital. We also evaluated a bone turnover marker, osteocalcin; we divided the population into 2 groups according to osteocalcin levels. We found a high prevalence of carotid atherosclerosis in subjects with high osteocalcin levels and low bone mineral density.
Montalcini
Tiziana
T
Department of Medicina Sperimentale e Clinica "G. Salvatore", University of Catanzaro Magna Graecia, Catanzaro, Italy.
Emanuele
Vittorio
V
Ceravolo
Roberto
R
Gorgone
Gaetano
G
Sesti
Giorgio
G
Perticone
Franco
F
Pujia
Arturo
A
D015519:Bone Density; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008875:Middle Aged; D015675:Osteocalcin / Q000097:blood; D015663:Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal / Q000453:epidemiology; D017698:Postmenopause; D012307:Risk Factors
D015675:Osteocalcin