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Relationship of Body Mass Index, Bone Turnover Markerand Bone Mineral Density in Postmenopausal Women
ISSN: 2617 - 9482
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Relationship of Body Mass Index, Bone Turnover Markerand Bone Mineral Density in Postmenopausal Women
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Publisher: Bahria University Medical And Dental College
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ABSTRACT:Objective:To observe the correlation of body mass index (BMI) with bone mineral density(BMD) and bone turnover marker(NTX) in postmenopausal womenMaterials and Methods: This observational cross sectional study was carried outfrom January 2014 to December 2014. Inthis study 85 postmenopausal women were included from Orthopedics and Gynecology outpatient departments of a tertiarycare hospital of Karachi.Their BMI in Kg/m2 and BMD by DEXA scan (femur and lumbar spine) were measured.Seruml evelsof bone turn over marker, N-telopeptide of type I collagen (NTX) was assayed by ELISA.To evaluate the relationship betweenBMI, bone mass and NTX, Pearson Correlation co-efficient was computed (P-value significancewas
