[Risk factors for osteoporosis in postmenopausal women from Guadalajara, Jalisco].
OBJECTIVE
To know risk factors and the frequency of osteoporosis (OP) in postmenopausal women.


METHODS
Bone mineral density was measured in lumbar spine of 513 postmenopausal women from a hospital of Guadalajara, Jalisco during 2007-2008. The cutoff points of the associated variables were obtained by ROC curves and odds ratio (OR) by logistic regression.


RESULTS
The 25.2% (95%CI 21.44-28.96) of the women was OP. The variables associated with OP and cutoff points were age >60 years, weight <71 kg, height <1.54 m and BMI <29.2 kg/m(2), with OR greater than 3.19 (p<0.0001).


CONCLUSIONS
It is recommended setting cutoff points to estimate risk factors for OP more accurately in each population.
División de Genética, Centro de Investigación Biomédica de Occidente, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, México.
Anahí
A
González-Mercado
División de Genética, Centro de Investigación Biomédica de Occidente, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, México.
J Yoaly
JY
Sánchez-López
Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México.
Bertha
B
Ibarra
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D017698:Postmenopause; D012307:Risk Factors