Authors : Kavita Bakshi, Sabiha Vali & Sunil Gupta
Page Nos : 97-105
Description :
Hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and osteoporosis are important co morbidities commonly seen in postmenopausal women. The evaluated the relationship of blood pressure to bone mineral density (BMD) in type 2 diabetic women. 100 premenopausal and 111 postmenopausal women were selected by purposive sampling from a renowned diabetic centre at Nagpur. Blood pressure and Bone Mineral Density (BMD) were assessed by standard methods with technical support. Mean age of premenopausal subjects (46+ 5.64 range 30-54yrs) and postmenopausal subjects (60 +6.30 range53-80yrs) differed significantly (p=0.0001).The mean age of menopause was 4.55+-4.37.The mean age of onset of diabetes was 40 +_ 7.06 in premenopausal subjects and 50 +_8.22 in post menopausal subjects. The mean systolic and diastolic blood pressure of postmenopausal subjects was (131+ 18.7 & 74+-9.99 respectively) and premenopausal (129.7 + 16.56 &77.6+_9.69 respectively). Mean BMD- T scores showed significant difference (p=0.014) between the two group of subjects.BMD T-scores of both premenopausal (-1.43) and postmenopausal subjects (-1.80) reflected an insignificant relationship to blood pressure. The blood pressure levels showed insignificant relationship to BMD status irrespective of menopausal status.
