[The evaluation of cardiovascular risk in postmenopausal women with osteopenia].
The purpose of the study was to evaluate the prevalence of the most important cardiovascular risk factors in postmenopausal women in correlation with bone mineral density (BMD). A hundred and fifty postmenopausal women were included in a case control study. The subjects were distributed into three equal groups: normal bone mass; osteopenia; non-complicated osteoporosis. BMD was measured with lumbar double-energy X-ray absorptiometry. Cardiovascular risk factors were assessed. The level of triglycerides was significantly higher in patients with osteoporosis vs. subjects with normal BMD. Arterial hypertension and a 10-year fatal risk of more than 0% were significantly more prevalent in the group with normal BMD. Osteoporosis presents an independent cardiovascular risk factor. Postmenopausal women with decreased BMD should be considered to have a higher risk of cardiovascular events, because standard risk scales do not take BMD into account.
D015502:Absorptiometry, Photon; D000368:Aged; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D015519:Bone Density; D001851:Bone Diseases, Metabolic / Q000150:complications*; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D015663:Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal / Q000150:complications; D017698:Postmenopause; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood
D015415:Biomarkers; D014280:Triglycerides