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- Title
Secondary osteoporosis in women : A retrospective analysis.
- Authors
Çakir, B.; Odabasi, E.; Turan, M.; Güler, S.; Kutlu, M.
- Abstract
Secondary osteoporosis comprises a minority of all osteoporosis cases. In this study we summarize the causes of secondary osteoporosis we encountered in patients currently on follow-up in our osteoporosis outpatient clinic. A total of 1015 female patients are involved in the study. Recorded data of the patients are evaluated retrospectively. Patients with spine bone mineral density (BMD) 2.5 standard deviation below a reference range established using our own data obtained from a Turkish population of normal healthy women using dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (T score less than –2.5) were accepted as having osteoporosis. We detected osteoporosis in 384 (38%) of the female patients. A secondary cause for osteoporosis has been found in 33 (8.6%) of the 384 osteoporotic patients. Thyrotoxicosis (n=10), parathyroid adenoma (n=10), and glucocorticoid administration (n=7) constituted 82% of the causes of osteoporosis. The data obtained in our study indicate that appropriate search for secondary causes of osteoporosis is essential because different modalities are needed for treatment.
- Subjects
OSTEOPOROSIS in women; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; DISEASES in women; WOMEN'S health
- Publication
Archives of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 2002, Vol 266, Issue 4, p214
- ISSN
0932-0067
- Publication type
Article