DOI: 10.36347/sajb.2018.v06i10.006

Pages: 664-668

AIM: 1.To find the prevalence of osteopenia and osteoporosis in women above the age of 35years. 2. To evaluate the association of Bone Mineral Density (BMD) with age, education, socioeconomic status, age at menarche, menopause, Body Mass Index (BMI), exercise, type of diet. METHODS: Community based cross-sectional study was conducted for 6 months at six adopted villages under RHTC, MIMER Medical College, Talegaon(D),Pune. Data on 306 eligible women aged 35 years and above was collected by using pre-designed, pre-tested questionnaire & Dual Energy X ray Absorptiometry (DEXA) scan. Women on HRT or medications which cause bone loss, and those with chronic conditions affecting BMD were excluded. Women were classified according to WHO criteria for BMD. RESULTS-Prevalence of osteopenia & osteoporosis was 50.98% and 11.76% respectively. Following risk factors were significantly associated with low BMD: Increasing age (p<0.001), delayed menarche (p<0.001), menopause (p<0.001), illiteracy (p=0.007), socioeconomic status (p=0.007).Overweight& obesity (p<0.001), vegetarian diet(p<0.001). In this study exercise did not have any statistically significant impact on BMD (p=0.079) CONCLUSION: There is a significant association between BMD and age, education, SES, age at menarche, menopause, BMI and type of diet..