Low-Trauma Non-Vertebral Fractures In Ukrainian Postmenopausal Women With Obesity And Metabolic Syndrome

Osteoporosis and obesity are two of the worldwide problems, which increase morbidity, disability and mortality among people. Abdominal obesity leads to the metabolic syndrome (MS) development. It was researched that components of MS have influence on bone mineral density (BMD), but data are contradictory.The aim of this study was to determine freaquency of non-vertebral fractures in women with obesity and MS.

Source: Journal of Clinical Densitometry - October 1, 2018 Category: Radiology Authors: Vladyslav Povoroznyuk, Larysa Martynyuk, Nataliia Dzerovych, Liliya Martynyuk Source Type: research