TY - JOUR
T1 - Bone mineral density in postmenopausal Mexican-Mestizo women with normal body mass index, overweight, or obesity
AU - Méndez, Juan Pablo
AU - Rojano-Mejía, David
AU - Pedraza, Javier
AU - Coral-Vázquez, Ramon Mauricio
AU - Soriano, Ruth
AU - García-García, Eduardo
AU - Del Carmen Aguirre-García, María
AU - Coronel, Agustín
AU - Canto, Patricia
PY - 2013/5
Y1 - 2013/5
N2 - Objective: Obesity and osteoporosis are two important public health problems that greatly impact mortality and morbidity. Several similarities between these complex diseases have been identified. The aim of this study was to analyze if different body mass indexes (BMIs) are associated with variations in bone mineral density (BMD) among postmenopausal Mexican-Mestizo women with normal weight, overweight, or different degrees of obesity. Methods: We studied 813 postmenopausal Mexican-Mestizo women. A structured questionnaire for risk factors was applied. Height and weight were used to calculate BMI, whereas BMD in the lumbar spine (LS) and total hip (TH) was measured by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry. We used ANCOVA to examine the relationship between BMI and BMDs of the LS, TH, and femoral neck (FN), adjusting for confounding factors. Results: Based on World Health Organization criteria, 15.13% of women had normal BMI, 39.11% were overweight, 25.96% had grade 1 obesity, 11.81% had grade 2 obesity, and 7.99% had grade 3 obesity. The higher the BMI, the higher was the BMD at the LS, TH, and FN. The greatest differences in size variations in BMD at these three sites were observed when comparing women with normal BMI versus women with grade 3 obesity. Conclusions: A higher BMI is associated significantly and positively with a higher BMD at the LS, TH, and FN.
AB - Objective: Obesity and osteoporosis are two important public health problems that greatly impact mortality and morbidity. Several similarities between these complex diseases have been identified. The aim of this study was to analyze if different body mass indexes (BMIs) are associated with variations in bone mineral density (BMD) among postmenopausal Mexican-Mestizo women with normal weight, overweight, or different degrees of obesity. Methods: We studied 813 postmenopausal Mexican-Mestizo women. A structured questionnaire for risk factors was applied. Height and weight were used to calculate BMI, whereas BMD in the lumbar spine (LS) and total hip (TH) was measured by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry. We used ANCOVA to examine the relationship between BMI and BMDs of the LS, TH, and femoral neck (FN), adjusting for confounding factors. Results: Based on World Health Organization criteria, 15.13% of women had normal BMI, 39.11% were overweight, 25.96% had grade 1 obesity, 11.81% had grade 2 obesity, and 7.99% had grade 3 obesity. The higher the BMI, the higher was the BMD at the LS, TH, and FN. The greatest differences in size variations in BMD at these three sites were observed when comparing women with normal BMI versus women with grade 3 obesity. Conclusions: A higher BMI is associated significantly and positively with a higher BMD at the LS, TH, and FN.
KW - Body mass index
KW - Bone mineral density
KW - Obesity
KW - Overweight
KW - Postmenopausal Mexican-Mestizo women
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U2 - 10.1097/gme.0b013e318277694f
DO - 10.1097/gme.0b013e318277694f
M3 - Artículo
SN - 1072-3714
VL - 20
SP - 568
EP - 572
JO - Menopause
JF - Menopause
IS - 5
ER -