title: Evaluation of bone density measurement in type 2 diabetic postmenopausal women with hypertension and hyperlipidemia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of the study was to compare bone mineral density (BMD) in healthy postmenopausal women to BMD in type 2 diabetic hypertensive postmenopausal women with hyperlipidemia.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifty type 2 diabetic and hypertensive postmenopausal women with hyperlipidemia and 51 age and body mass index (BMI) matched healthy postmenopausal women were included. Lumbar spine and femoral neck BMD were noted in both groups. BMD was measured using dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA). Serum alkaline phosphatase (ALP), calcium and phosphorous were also measured. Pearson correlation coefficients were used to establish the relationship between various clinical characteristics.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were no significant differences between two groups in respect to lumbar and vertebral BMD values, age, BMI, gravidity, parity. Serum cholesterol and fasting glucose levels were significantly different between each groups (P = 0.0001, P = 0.002).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We found that, accompanying chronic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension and hyperlipidemia don't affect the BMD measurements at postmenopausal period. So these postmenopausal women don't have excess risk regarding osteoporosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Bozok University, Faculty of Medicine, Yozgat, Turkey.
authors.forename: Emel Kiyak
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Caglayan
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Bozok University, Faculty of Medicine, Yozgat, Turkey.
authors.forename: Yaprak
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Engin-Ustun
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Bozok University, Faculty of Medicine, Yozgat, Turkey.
authors.forename: Nagihan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sari
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Bozok University, Faculty of Medicine, Yozgat, Turkey.
authors.forename: Seyhan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Karacavus
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Bozok University, Faculty of Medicine, Yozgat, Turkey.
authors.forename: Levent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Seckin
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Bozok University, Faculty of Medicine, Yozgat, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kara
keywords: Bone density; Hyperlipidemias; Postmenopause