ABSTRACT
Introduction: Osteoporosis is a serious health concern thataffects millions of people around the world. Especiallyosteoporosis in postmenopausal women is one of the majorpublic health concerns growing worldwide. In order to preventosteoporosis there is a need to understand its risk factors. Sothe present study is designed to assess and compare the riskfactors of osteoporosis among women and BMD at lumbarspine and femur neck in premenopausal and postmenopausalwomen.Materials and Methods: This hospital based prospectivestudy was conducted on 350 women aged 30-65 years referredto the department of Radio diagnosis for Dexa scan assuspected cases of osteoporosis form various outpatientdepartment. The data collected was evaluated usingstandardized statistical methods in order to derive a logicalconclusion i.e. mean, standard deviation and Pearson Chisquare test.Results: A highly significant difference was observed b/w twogroups in age, weight, BMI, WC, HC, BMDLS, LS T &Z score,FNBMD, FN T & Z score of normal and low BMD group ofPostmenopausal group. A highly significant difference wasobserved b/w two groups in Age, weight, BMI, Waistcircumference, Hip circumference, BMD Lumbar, Lumbar spineT score & Lumbar spine Z score, BMD Femur neck, Femurneck T score & Femur neck Z score of normal and low BMDgroup of Postmenopausal group.Conclusion: Based on the result of our study we conclude thatpostmenopausal women with older age, Low socioeconomicstatus and with low level of physical activity were at higher riskof low BMD. Body mass index found to be positively associatedwith Bone mineral density in postmenopausal women onlywhereas negative correlation was found with age in both preand postmenopausal women.