Association of breast vascular calcifications with low bone mass in postmenopausal women
Autor: | E. R. Iglésias, César Eduardo Fernandes, Luciano de Melo Pompei, E. J. Nasser, José Arnaldo de Souza Ferreira |
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Rok vydání: | 2014 |
Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.medical_treatment Osteoporosis Population Breast Diseases Absorptiometry Photon Bone Density Predictive Value of Tests Risk Factors Diabetes mellitus Internal medicine Prevalence medicine Humans Breast Family history Vascular Calcification education Osteoporosis Postmenopausal Aged Gynecology education.field_of_study business.industry Confounding Obstetrics and Gynecology General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Postmenopause Menopause Osteopenia Bone Diseases Metabolic Cross-Sectional Studies Logistic Models Female Hormone therapy business Brazil Mammography |
Zdroj: | Climacteric. 17:486-491 |
ISSN: | 1473-0804 1369-7137 |
Popis: | In developing countries, there is a deficiency of densitometers with which to screen the population for osteoporosis. Thus, strategies with which to select patients for a bone density test are desirable.To determine whether breast vascular calcifications (BVCs) may be employed to identify postmenopausal women with osteoporosis/osteopenia.This was a cross-sectional study of postmenopausal women subjected to bilateral mammography and bone densitometry (DXA) of the spine and hip. A medical interview registered possible confounding factors, such as age, length of menopause, previous use of postmenopausal hormone therapy, family history of osteoporosis, smoking, alcoholism, hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and medication use.The study included 211 postmenopausal women aged 62.1 ± 9.3 years, 38 of whom (18.0%) exhibited BVC. Osteoporosis was detected in 36 (17.1%), and a T-score21.0 for any site was found in 164 (77.7%). No statistically significant difference was found between the groups without BVC (n = 173) and with BVC (n = 38) for the prevalence of 'osteoporosis' or 'moderate/severe osteopenia or osteoporosis' at the spine or at any other site. There was a difference between the groups in terms of age (59.0 ± 7.8 vs. 71.9 ± 8.9 years, respectively; p0.001), sedentary lifestyle (57.8% vs. 84.2%, respectively; p = 0.002), smoking (27.7% vs. 7.9%, respectively; p = 0.009), and high blood pressure (65.3% vs. 92.1%, respectively; p = 0.001). Logistic regression analysis confirmed the lack of statistical significance for BVC as a predictor of an osteoporosis diagnosis. Sensitivity values of BVCs to detect osteoporosis or osteopenia ranged from 17.9% to 25.0%.BVCs have been shown to be inadequate to identify postmenopausal women with osteoporosis or osteopenia. |
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