ABSTRACT
Osteoporosis is a major and growing public health problem in bone sexes but particularly in Post-Menopausal women.The aim of this study is evaluation of T Score and BMD mean in vertebra and femoral neck for estimation of Frequency of osteopenia and osteoprosis in post-menopausal women of military families, which had not other secondary osteoporosis risk factors. In a cross sectional study we studied 200 post menopausal women that were not menopause more than 5 years and had not secondary cause of osteoporosis. Lumbar vertebra and femoral neck bone density measured by DEXA [Norland ZR-63, for Atkinson, WI, USA] system. Mean age of patients was 57.2 +/- 4/2 and T Score mean in lumbar spines and femoral neck was-1.09 +/- 1.11 and -1.69 +/- 1.05 respectively. Frequency of osteoporosis was 25.5% and 7% and osteopenia was seen in 51% and 47.5% respectively. Over all, osteoporosis Frequency was 26% and osteopenia Frequency was 52.5% respectively. This study showed post menopausal osteoporosis is most common in military families same another research and according to high prevalence of postmenopausal osteoporosis that induces mortality and morbidity and high treatment cost and long term health cares, the human community needs to comprehensive studies about prevention, causes, prevention and treatment of osteoporosis