Bone health status among postmenopausal women in Malaysia
Objectives: The study has evaluated bone health status among post-menopausal women in a public hospital of Malaysia. Materials and Methods: A total of 116 post-menopausal women, who met the criteria, participated in this study. The purposive sampling method was used to achieve the criteria of part...
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| Language: | English English English |
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Aras Part Medical International Press
2019
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| Summary: | Objectives: The study has evaluated bone health status among post-menopausal women in a public hospital of Malaysia.
Materials and Methods: A total of 116 post-menopausal women, who met the criteria, participated in this study. The purposive
sampling method was used to achieve the criteria of participants.
Results: This cross-sectional study revealed that more than half of the respondents (52.6%, n=61) had osteopenia; whereas, 47.4%
(n=55) of the respondents had osteoporosis. There was a significant correlation between the age and menopausal years with the bone
health status (i.e. P=0.004 and P=0.028, respectively) in postmenopausal women.
Conclusions: Menopausal women experienced deterioration of bone mineral density (BMD) with advancing age and menopausal |
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