Prevalencia y factores asociados a osteoporosis en pacientes de Santa Marta (Colombia)

Objective: To identify the prevalence and factors associated with osteoporosis in a group of patients of Santa Marta. Materials and Method: Retrospective descriptive and correlational study in a population of 406 patients from a total of 1486 consultants. Results: The prevalence found was 27.32; associated factors were: age higher than 50 years (p= 0.3405), female gender (p= 0.3405), no physical exercise (p= 0.011), parity (p= 0, 0001). Statistical association was found between osteoporosis and diseases of the eye and adnexa (p= 0.0415), by classification International Council Disease. Conclusions: The prevalence of osteoporosis was 27.32%. Age, sedentary lifestyle, multiparity, diseases of the eye and its annexes, the background to ginecobst and gallbladder surgeries were statistically significant risk factors for developing osteoporosis. © Servicio de Publicaciones - Universidad de Murcia.

• Autores: Gonzalez Ruiz, Gisela Esther; Álvarez-Miño L.; Borre Ortiz, Yeis Miguel; Rivas Oduber, Elimiled; Serrano Angarita, Nini Sorell; Tavera Galeano, Nivalysay
• Tipo de recurso: Article of journal
• Fecha de publicación: 2016
• Institución: Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia
• Repositorio: Repositorio UCC
• OAI Identifier: oai:repository.ucc.edu.co:20.500.12494/41330
• Acceso en línea: https://doi.org/10.6018/eglobal.15.1.221911; https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85072621197&doi=10.1371%2fjournal.pone.0222878&partnerID=40&md5=b78f8c6531c0f729ab14e3d5dc1a8943; https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12494/41330
• Palabra clave: Bone; Densitometry; Osteoporosis; Risk factor
• Rights: closedAccess
• License: http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_14cb