title: Association of lipid profile with bone mineral density in postmenopausal women in Yazd province.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Low bone mass is a major health problem in postmenopausal women. There is no general agreement regarding relationship between serum level of lipids and bone mineral density.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This study was carried out to investigate the association between lipid profile and bone mineral density (BMD) in postmenopausal women in Yazd, Iran.
  
  
  METHODS
  This cross-sectional study was performed on 170 women aged between 50 and 70 years old with menopause for at least one year from Yazd, Iran, between March 2013 to September 2013. Association of lipid profile and BMD were measured in all study participants.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among our participants 73 cases had lumbar osteoporosis, 17 cases had femoral osteoporosis and 80 cases did n't have osteoporosis. After controlling for body mass index, there were no correlations between serum level of lipids and bone mineral density of femur and lumbar bones.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  No significant association between serum level of lipids and BMD of femur and lumbar was found in postmenopausal women.
authors.affiliation: Diabetes Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
authors.forename: Akram
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ghadiri-Anari
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
authors.forename: Zahra
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Mortezaii-Shoroki
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Medicine, School of Medicine, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
authors.forename: Mozhgan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Modarresi
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dehghan
keywords: Bone mineral density; Cholesterol; Lipids; Osteoporosis; Postmenopausal women