title: Association between bone mineral density and metabolic syndrome in Turkish women who were postmenopausal.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the relationship between the parameters of metabolic syndrome and bone mineral density (BMD) at the femoral neck and lumbar spine in Turkish women who were postmenopausal.
  
  
  METHODS
  In a retrospective study, the records of patients who were postmenopausal attending the Menopause Outpatient Clinic of a tertiary women's hospital in Ankara, Turkey, between January 1, 2014 and December 31, 2014 were retrieved. Patient's BMD at the lumbar spine and femoral neck were assessed using T-scores, and parameters of metabolic syndrome were evaluated in all patients.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The records of 315 patients were retrieved. The mean age of patients was 55.63±6.14years (range 45-71 years). Metabolic syndrome was recorded in 92 (29.2%) patients. Following adjustment for age, patients with metabolic syndrome had higher T-scores at the femoral neck than patients without metabolic syndrome (-0.67±0.1 vs -1.15±0.06; P=0.001); there was no significant difference in T-scores at the lumbar spine (P=0.062). A Spearman correlation analysis of the entire study cohort demonstrated a negative association between high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and BMD at the lumbar spine and femoral neck (r=-0.12 and r=-0.15, respectively).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Metabolic syndrome could have been partly associated with increased BMD in Turkish women who were postmenopausal.
authors: Department of Reproductive Medicine and Infertility, Ankara Etlik Zubeyde Hanım Women's Health Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. Electronic address: runakara@gmail.com.
authors: Runa
authors: R
authors: Ozelci
authors: Department of Reproductive Medicine and Infertility, Ankara Etlik Zubeyde Hanım Women's Health Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors: Berna
authors: B
authors: Dilbaz
authors: Department of Reproductive Medicine and Infertility, Istanbul Zeynep Kamil Women's Health Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors: Enis
authors: E
authors: Ozkaya
authors: Department of Reproductive Medicine and Infertility, Ankara Etlik Zubeyde Hanım Women's Health Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors: Derya A
authors: DA
authors: Cirik
authors: Department of Reproductive Medicine and Infertility, Ankara Etlik Zubeyde Hanım Women's Health Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors: Tuba
authors: T
authors: Zengin
authors: Department of Reproductive Medicine and Infertility, Ankara Etlik Zubeyde Hanım Women's Health Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors: Leyla
authors: L
authors: Mollamahmutoğlu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015519:Bone Density; D005260:Female; D005272:Femur Neck; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D017698:Postmenopause; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D062606:Tertiary Care Centers; D014421:Turkey
keywords: Bone mineral density; Menopause; Metabolic syndrome