title: Should we consider assessment of bone mineral density earlier in postmenopausal women with pelvic organ prolapse?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate a possible association between the presence of pelvic organ prolapse and osteopenia or osteoporosis in early postmenopausal women.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eighty-seven postmenopausal women between the ages of 55 and 60 years who had been admitted to the Gynecology or Menopause Outpatient clinics of Marmara University, School of Medicine were included in the study. Quantification of pelvic organ prolapse was performed for each patient. The bone mineral density measurements of the lumbar vertebrae by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry were compared between the groups with and without pelvic organ prolapse.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean T-scores for the lumbar area for women with or without pelvic organ prolapse were comparable between the study groups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It appears that presence of pelvic organ prolapse in early postmenopausal women is not helpful in predicting osteoporosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Marmara University, School of Medicine, Altunizade, Uskudar, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoldemir
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Erenus
mesh_terms: D015502:Absorptiometry, Photon; D015519:Bone Density; D015897:Comorbidity; D042241:Early Diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D015663:Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000378:metabolism; D056887:Pelvic Organ Prolapse / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000378:metabolism; D017698:Postmenopause / Q000378:metabolism*