Bone Abstracts

Objectives: To find the predicting factors for bone density in premenopausal women.Methods: Two hundred and forty-five premenopausal women without factors that can cause secondary osteoporosis were analyzed. Age, height, weight, change of height from peak height, history (Hx) of fracture, family Hx of hip or other fracture, Hx of estrogen use, calcium or vitamin D supplementation, smoking and previous Hx of amenorrhea more than 3 months were questioned. ...

Objectives: To evaluate the effect of hormone therapy on the change of bone mineral density in women who showed early menopause after pelvic radiation therapy for uterine cervical cancer.Materials and methods: Through retrospective chart review, the changes of bone mineral density in 63 women with early menopause after pelvic radiation therapy for uterine cervical cancer were evaluated. After the diagnosis of early menopause which was defined as level of...

Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in leptin (LEP), its receptor (LEPR) and β adrenergic receptor (ADRB) genes and bone mineral density (BMD) in postmenopausal Korean women.Methods: The LEP c.280G>A, LEPR c.326A>G, c.668A>G, c.1968G>C, c.2096C>T, ADRB2 c.46A>G, c.79C>G, c.718T>C, c....