TY - JOUR AU - Techatraisak, Kitirat AU - Wisarnsirirak, Pattra PY - 2019/05/23 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Cardiaovascular Disease Risk Factors in Thai Natural Menopause with First-Time Diagnosis of Low Bone Mass Density JF - Siriraj Medical Journal JA - Siriraj Med J VL - 71 IS - 3 SE - Original Article DO - 10.33192/Smj.2019.29 UR - https://he02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/sirirajmedj/article/view/190632 SP - 189-195 AB - <p><strong>Objective:</strong> To evaluate the prevalence of initial cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in naturally postmenopausal&nbsp;Thai women with first-time diagnosis of low bone mass density (BMD), and compare with those reported among&nbsp;general Thai women of the same age range during the same studied time.<br><strong>Methods:</strong> A retrospective cross-sectional study of initial CVD risk factors of 473 naturally postmenopausal Thai&nbsp;women (45-60 years) with the first-time diagnosis of osteopenia or osteoporosis without previous treatment for&nbsp;CVD risk factors, except for hypertension(HT) and diabetes mellitus(DM), was performed. Only subjects with all&nbsp;available initial CVD risk factors were recruited. Data included age, weight, height, waist circumference(WC), and&nbsp;underlying diseases. Extracted initial CVD risk factors were: HT, DM, body mass index(BMI), cholesterol level,&nbsp;triglyceride, high density lipoprotein , and family history of CVD. The main outcome was prevalence of initial<br>CVD risk factors with 95%CI. Results were compared with data of previous Thai reports in women of the same age&nbsp;during the same time period.<br><strong>Results:</strong> All subjects (86.3% osteopenic, 13.7% osteoporotic) had on average 3.6 years since menopause. Prevalence&nbsp;of women with initial CVD risk factors was 73.8%. The three most common risk factors were high BMI (48.6%),&nbsp;high WC (37.8%) and high cholesterol (22.2%). Only high BMI was more prevalent than previously reported. In<br>contrast, the other factors were lower than previously published data.<br><strong>Conclusion:</strong> With the exception of high BMI, initial CVD risk factors in this study were comparable to or lower&nbsp;than those reported in general Thai women of the same age during the same time period.</p> ER -