Research Article
Association between Hypertension, Antihypertensive Drugs, and Osteoporosis in Postmenopausal Syrian Women: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 4
Distribution of low bone mass and osteoporosis among the participant according to their age, menopause duration, BMI, and hypertension diagnosis.
| | | Normal | Low bone mass | Osteoporosis | value |
| | Age group | 40–50 | 52 (47.7%) | 44 (40.4%) | 13 (11.9%) | 0.0001† | | 50–60 | 129 (32.2%) | 179 (44.6%) | 93 (23.2%) | | | 60–70 | 50 (23.3%) | 108 (50.2%) | 57 (26.5%) | | | >70 | 19 (21.6%) | 37 (42%) | 32 (36.4%) | |
| | Menopause duration | <10 | 167 (38.7%) | 186 (43%) | 79 (18.3%) | 0.0001† | | 10–20 | 68 (22.5%) | 152 (50.3%) | 82 (27.2%) | | | >20 | 15 (19%) | 30 (38%) | 34 (43%) | |
| | BMI | <25 | 1 (1.7%) | 25 (42.4%) | 33 (55.9%) | 0.0001† | | 25–30 | 46 (24.5%) | 91 (48.4%) | 51 (27.1%) | | | >30 | 203 (35.9%) | 252 (27.1%) | 111 (19.6%) | |
| | Exercise | Yes | 103 (35.8%) | 126 (43.7%) | 59 (20.5%) | 0.046† | | No | 147 (28%) | 242 (46.1%) | 136 (26.9%) | |
| | Cigarette smoking | Yes | 43 (23.6%) | 80 (44%) | 59 (32.4%) | 0.004† | | No | 207 (32.8%) | 288 (45%) | 136 (21.6%) | |
| | Work | Yes | 79 (34%) | 103 (44.4%) | 50 (21.6%) | 0.367 | | No | 171 (29.4%) | 265 (45.6%) | 145 (25%) | |
| | Hypertension | Yes | 128 (33.1%) | 172 (44.4%) | 87 (22.5%) | 0.351 | | No | 122 (28.6%) | 196 (46%) | 108 (25.4%) | |
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BMI, body mass index. †Statistically significant.
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