ba0001pp355 | Osteoporosis: pathophysiology and epidemiology | ECTS2013
Neglia Cosimo
, Argentiero Alberto
, Chitano Giovanna
, Agnello Nadia
, Quarta Giuseppe
, Caiaffa Vincenzo
, Distante Alessandro
, Piscitelli Prisco
Objectives: We aimed to analyze bone mineralization in postmenopausal women of Southern Apulia and to evaluate the effect of obesity-related phenotypes as BMI ≥30 kg/m2, diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular diseases.Methods: The PROF project is a population-based study on 3.356 subjects (4099 years) analyzed by phalangeal quantitative ultrasound (QUS) to evaluate bone mineral status. A total of 2.756 postmenopausal women were ...