Postmenopausal osteoporosis in Saudi women: A pilot screening.
One hundred and ten radiographs of calcaneum were reviewed for postmenopausal osteoporosis in Saudi women. These patients had presented to the emergency room with unrelated complaints. The mean (+/- SD) age of this group was 58 (+/-8.9) years with a range of 45 to 80 years. Of these eighty-six (76%) patients had osteoporosis; of these, 42 had mild osteoporosis, 31 had frank osteoporosis, and 11 were diagnosed to have sever osteoporosis. Women with severe osteoporosis were significantly older than those with mild (P=0.0417) as those who were normal (P=0.002). This study indicates a high prevalence of postmenopausal osteoporosis in Saudi women and multicenter, large scale screening should be instituted to determine the incidence of postmenopausal osteoporosis among Saudi women.
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Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Department of Radiology, and Department of Internal Medicine, King Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
El-Hassan
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Ibrahim
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Al-Frehi
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Al-Muhanna
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