Prevalence of osteoporosis, osteopenia and their related factors in post-menopausal women referring to Kurdistan densitometry center

The mean values for age, weight and menopausal time period in the post- menopausal women were 57.7+7.6 years, 65.4+10.4 Kg and 10+8.3 years, respectively. The mean values for T-scores in the femoral neck and lumber spine were –1.83+1.18 and -1.57+1.01 and the global prevalence of osteoporosis and osteopenia were 34.4% and 69.8%, accordingly. Only 14.8% of the post-menopausal women had normal bone mineral density. Osteoporosis had statistically significant relationship with age, menopausal time period, weight and exercise (p<0.001). History of previous fracture had an important relationship with osteoporosis of the neck of femur (P<0.001). This study revealed that osteoporosis and osteopenia were common among the post-menopausal women and prevalence of osteoporosis was almost similar to the profiles of other developing countries, was higher than those of developed countries.