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Climacteric ; 16(2): 226-34, 2013 Apr.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22871028

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OBJECTIVES: To assess whether the severity of menopausal symptoms is related to increased cardiovascular and osteoporosis risk factors, and to determine whether women with more severe menopausal symptoms present a greater percentage of osteoporosis disease. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional, descriptive study encompassing women aged 45-65 years in the whole Spanish territory. The study population sample was collected through random sampling. A total of 10 514 women were included. Their sociodemographic, medical history and lifestyle data were assessed by means of a survey. The Kupperman Index was used to assess the severity of menopausal symptoms. Bone mineral density was measured by the dual X-ray absorptiometry method. RESULTS: The prevalences of risk factors for osteoporosis and cardiovascular disease were 67.6% and 74.8%, respectively. Women with a higher intensity of symptoms also had a greater percentage of cardiovascular (p < 0.001) and osteoporosis (p < 0.001) risk factors and suffered more from osteoporosis disease (p < 0.001). In the logistic regression analysis, those variables that contributed to the severity of menopausal symptoms were: arterial hypertension (odds ratio (OR) 2.14; 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.49-2.79; p < 0.001), dyslipidemia (OR 1.94; 95% CI 1.48-2.4; p < 0.001), obesity (OR 2.23; 95% CI 1.55-2.91; p < 0.001), family history (OR 1.38; 95% CI 1.17-1.59; p < 0.01), medication use (OR 1.12; 95% CI 0.52-1.72; p < 0.01) and osteoporosis disease (OR 3.71; 95% CI 2.9-4.52; p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: Women with more severe menopausal symptoms had a greater prevalence of cardiovascular and osteoporosis disease risk factors and suffered more from osteoporosis disease compared to those who had milder or no menopausal symptoms.


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Cardiovascular Diseases/epidemiology , Menopause/physiology , Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal/epidemiology , Bone Density , Cardiovascular Diseases/physiopathology , Cross-Sectional Studies , Female , Humans , Hyperlipidemias/epidemiology , Hypertension/epidemiology , Life Style , Middle Aged , Obesity/epidemiology , Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal/physiopathology , Risk Factors , Spain/epidemiology , Surveys and Questionnaires
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Osteoporos Int ; 20(2): 257-64, 2009 Feb.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18512114

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UNLABELLED: In a cohort of 5,201 women [72.3 +/- 5.3 years] from 58 primary care centers in Spain, followed for three years, no relationship between heel QUS parameters and overall mortality was found. However, a significant relationship between a low speed of sound (SOS) and vascular mortality was observed. INTRODUCTION: An inverse relationship between mortality and bone mineral density measured by dual-energy absorption densitometry or quantitative bone ultrasound (QUS) has been described. The aim of the present study was to test this relationship in the ECOSAP cohort, a 3-year prospective study designed to assess the ability of heel QUS and clinical risk factors to predict non-vertebral fracture risk in women over 64. METHODS: A cohort of 5,201 women [72.3 +/- 5.3 years] was studied. QUS was assessed with the Sahara(R) bone sonometer. Women attended follow-up visits every 6 months. Physicians recorded if the patient died and cause of death. Hazard rates (HR) of all-cause and vascular mortality per one standard deviation reduction in QUS parameters were determined. RESULTS: One hundred (1.9%) women died during a median of 36.1 months follow-up, for a total of 14,999 patient-years, 42 because of vascular events (both cardiovascular and cerebrovascular). After adjusting for age, none of the QUS variables showed statistically significant differences between the patients who died and the survivors. In the final multivariate model, adjusted for age, current thyroxine and hypoglycaemic drug use, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and decreased visual acuity, SOS was marginally non-significant: (HR: 1.19; 0.97-1.45). However, each 1 SD reduction in SOS was associated with a 39% increase in vascular mortality (HR: 1.39; 1.15-1.66). CONCLUSIONS: In our cohort, SOS was related with vascular mortality, but not overall mortality.


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Calcaneus/diagnostic imaging , Fractures, Bone/mortality , Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal/mortality , Aged , Bone Density , Calcaneus/physiopathology , Cardiovascular Diseases/diagnostic imaging , Cardiovascular Diseases/mortality , Female , Follow-Up Studies , Fractures, Bone/diagnostic imaging , Humans , Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal/diagnostic imaging , Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal/physiopathology , Prognosis , Proportional Hazards Models , Prospective Studies , Risk , Stroke/diagnostic imaging , Stroke/mortality , Ultrasonography
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Rev. Soc. Esp. Dolor ; 11(2): 59-67, mar. 2004. tab, graf
Article in Es | IBECS | ID: ibc-31476

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Objetivos: Estudiar la efectividad y el perfil de seguridad de lisinato de ibuprofeno en el tratamiento del dolor agudo de intensidad leve a moderada en condiciones asistenciales reales. Material y métodos: Estudio abierto, multicéntrico, observacional y prospectivo, realizado en condiciones de uso habitual. El número de investigadores participantes fue de 263, los cuales reclutaron 1.435 pacientes, entre julio de 2001 y julio de 2002. Los pacientes eran de origen ambulatorio, de edad >= 18 años, que acudieron a la consulta del médico aquejados de dolor agudo de intensidad leve a moderada (escala analógica visual del dolor -EAV<= 7). El periodo de observación para cada paciente fue de un máximo de 4 semanas, con una visita de inicio del tratamiento, una visita de seguimiento a la semana y una visita final en un máximo de 30 días. La valoración de la efectividad se realizó mediante la EAV, para todos los pacientes en general, añadiendo el test de Lattinen, en aquellos pacientes con dolor músculo esquelético, y analizando el tiempo medio de inicio del alivio del dolor así como su duración. Se valoró la seguridad mediante la incidencia de reacciones adversas. Resultados: Los principales motivos de inclusión fueron dolor músculo-esquelético (60 por ciento), dolor odontológico (15 por ciento), cefaleas (10 por ciento), dismenorrea (10 por ciento) y dolor post-quirúrgico (3 por ciento). La EAV disminuyó, entre las visitas basal e intermedia, en 3,3 puntos y, entre las visitas intermedia y final lo hizo en 1,7 puntos; siendo estas diferencias estadísticamente significativas (p < 0,001). El primer día de tratamiento, el 60 por ciento de pacientes alcanzó el efecto terapéutico en menos de 20 minutos. El porcentaje subió al 74 por ciento el segundo día de tratamiento llegando a ser, a la semana, el 84 por ciento los pacientes que alcanzaron dicho efecto en menos de 20 minutos. El tiempo de alivio del dolor fue aumentando progresivamente desde las 5,6 horas del primer día hasta llegar a las 7,6 horas al séptimo día de tratamiento. La disminución de la puntuación media del test de Lattinen entre las visitas basal e intermedia fue de 3,4 puntos, y entre la visita intermedia y la final fue de 1,7 puntos; estas diferencias son estadísticamente significativas (p < 0,001). Sólo un 2,3 por ciento de los pacientes en el estudio presentaron alguna reacción adversa que, en la mayoría de los casos, tuvieron una intensidad entre leve y moderada. Todas las reacciones estaban entre las esperadas en la administración del lisinato de ibuprofeno. Conclusiones: Lisinato de ibuprofeno es un fármaco de una gran efectividad terapéutica (94 por ciento de los pacientes buena-muy buena), de excelente tolerabilidad (96 por ciento buena-muy buena), con rapidez de acción terapéutica (15-20 minutos de la administración) y una relación beneficio-riesgo altamente favorable (AU)


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Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Female , Male , Middle Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Humans , Pain/drug therapy , Ibuprofen/therapeutic use , Analgesia , Acute Disease , Prospective Studies , Efficacy , Severity of Illness Index
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