title: [Bone mineral density in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study of bone mineral density (BMD) in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
  
  
  METHODS
  104 patients with COPD were examined. A study group comprised men with a long smoking history. BMD of the lumbar spine in the frontal view and that of the proximal femur (the neck, Ward's area, greater trochanter) were studied by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry using a Lunar DPX-NT densitometer.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Osteoporosis of the lumbar spine was most frequently detected in patients with COPD (37.2%). That of the femoral neck was diagnosed in 19.77% of the patients with COPD. In the advanced stage of COPD, the BMD values in all areas were significantly decreased.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Osteoporosis is a significant disease in patients with COPD.
authors.forename: E V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Kochetova
authors.forename: N N
authors.initials: NN
authors.lastname: Vezikova
mesh_terms: D015502:Absorptiometry, Photon; D015519:Bone Density / Q000502:physiology*; D015897:Comorbidity; D005272:Femur Neck / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*