The Journal of Korean Society of Menopause  2013;19(2):101-105

doi:10.6118/jksm.2013.19.2.101

Hormone Therapy in Postmenopausal Women According to the Correlation of Changes in Bone Mineral Density.

Soo Ho CHUNG 1 ; Tae Hee KIM ; Hae Hyeog LEE ; Junsik PARK ; Jae Hong SANG

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Keywords

Bone mineral density; Hormone therapy; Osteoporosis

Country

Republic of Korea

Language

Korean

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: We investigated the relationship between bone mineral density (BMD) and hormone therapy (HT) and its duration in postmenopausal women. METHODS: We performed a retrospective study on 291 postmenopausal women who had their BMD and follow-up BMD measured in a university hospital. We analyzed BMD, HT types and HT duration according to clinical characteristics. RESULTS: The mean age of the study subjects was 53.7 +/- 5.9 years. HT types and HT duration were not statistically related to improvement in BMD (P = 0.956, 0.483). But osteoporosis in patients with hormone therapy improves bone mineral density showed statistical significance (P = 0.001). CONCLUSION: HT types and HT duration did not have any effect on bone mineral density, but further prospective multicenter studies regarding HT should be considered for osteoporosis.