Osteoporosis as a Problem of Postmenopausal Women

Introduction: Osteoporosis is one of the major public health problems, and its prevalence is most often associated with menopause.Aim: To analyze bone mass status in menopausal women with regard to age, BMI and duration of menopause.Method: A retrospective analysis of the densitometric examination results of 650 postmenopausal women was used. We performed simple and multiple regression, while we considered the densitometry examination conclusion as the dependent variable. We calculated correlation coefficients (r), determination coefficients and their level of significance.Results: The occurrence of osteoporosis is associated with age. In the age category under 50 years, bone tissue remodeling was detected in 46.92% of women, while in the over 50 category it was 32.92%. The dependence of the duration of menopause in years and the onset of bone remodeling was also confirmed, tStat=2.26 (tcrit = 1.647). The negative correlation of the conditionality of the onset of menopause and weight (r= -0.067, very weak dependence) confirms the assumption that women with higher weight enter menopause at an older age. The negative value of the correlation (r =-0.2218 weak dependence) confirms that the degree of osteopenia or osteo-porosis decreases with an increasing BMI value. The onset of osteopenia or osteoporosis is not conditioned by intolerance to dairy food p= 0.6652 > alpha =0.05 or smoking p=0.448>0.05.Conclusion: The obtained results show that the occurrence of osteopenia and osteoporosis is related to the age of women and the duration of postmenopause. The degree of osteopenia or osteoporosis decreases with increasing BMI. Bone tissue remodeling is not related to dairy food intolerance or smoking in the observed group. In connection with the occurrence of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women, it is necessary to raise public awareness of the importance of regular bone densitometry monitoring.