1. Prevalence of osteoporosis and osteopenia assessed by densitometry in Japanese puerperal women
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Kunihiko Hayashi, Takumi Kurabayashi, Toru Yanase, Naomi Kamimura, Kazue Nagai, and Kyoko Morikawa
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Adult ,musculoskeletal diseases ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Osteoporosis ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Japan ,Bone Density ,Prevalence ,medicine ,Humans ,Femoral neck ,Bone mineral ,Lumbar Vertebrae ,030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine ,business.industry ,Obstetrics ,Postpartum Period ,Obstetrics and Gynecology ,Bone fracture ,Odds ratio ,medicine.disease ,Osteopenia ,Bone Diseases, Metabolic ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Female ,business ,Densitometry ,Body mass index - Abstract
AIM The aim is to examine the prevalence of low bone mineral density (BMD) (osteoporosis and osteopenia) of lumbar and femoral bones in puerperal women for the prenatal and postnatal care to ensure their optimal bone health. METHODS We analyzed the first scan data of 1079 Japanese puerperal women without bone fracture (mean age 33.5 ± 4.5 years) who had undergone deliveries at Niigata City General Hospital for 10 years. We measured BMDs of the lumbar spine [LS], femoral neck [FN], and total hip [TH] with dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) within 30 days after delivery. RESULTS The rates of osteoporosis of LS, FN, TH, and comprehensive diagnosis (CD) were 0.6%, 4.8%, 1.5%, and 5.4%, respectively, and osteopenia were 20.2%, 39.5%, 29.3%, and 44.3%, respectively. The multivariable-adjusted odds ratio (OR) for body mass index (BMI) before pregnancy reflected significant decreases in risk for low BMD with an OR of 0.78 (95% CI: 0.74-0.82) with the 1 kg/m2 increases. In lean women (BMI
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- 2021