title: Comparison of prevalence of atherosclerotic vascular disease in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis or osteopenia versus without osteoporosis or osteopenia.
abstract: Atherosclerotic vascular disease (AVD) and osteoporosis or osteopenia are common conditions among postmenopausal women and appear to be linked in a manner that is not fully understood. In a retrospective study that was conducted among 1,000 postmenopausal women who were seen in a general medicine clinic, AVD was more commonly seen among women with osteoporosis (92 of 154, 60%) than among those with osteopenia (63 of 179, 35%, p <0.001) or no osteoporosis or osteopenia (148 of 667, 22%, p <0.001). AVD was also more prevalent in women with osteopenia than in those with no osteoporosis or osteopenia (p <0.001). Modifiable risk factors for AVD were present to the same extent in women with osteoporosis, osteopenia, or no osteoporosis or osteopenia.
authors: Department of Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, USA. jose-ness@uiowa.edu
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