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. 2011 Jul;28(3):184-6.
doi: 10.4103/0970-2113.83974.

Prevalence of osteoporosis and osteopenia in advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients

Parthasarathi Bhattacharyya  1 , Rantu Paul, Malabika Ghosh, Ratna Dey, Rana Dey, Nirjoo Barooah, Saidul Islam, Dipabali Acharya, Saikat Nag, Sujan Bardhan
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Prevalence of osteoporosis and osteopenia in advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients

Parthasarathi Bhattacharyya et al. Lung India. 2011 Jul.

Abstract

Background: Reduction of bone mineral density (BMD) is a known and established phenomenon in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, there have been no data regarding osteoporosis/osteopenia in COPD patients in India.

Aim: To look for the degree and frequency of osteoporosis/osteopenia in our OPD patients being diagnosed as COPD.

Materials and methods: Thirty-seven randomly selected patients with COPD were assessed for BMD with commercially available ultrasound bone densitometer (HOLOGIC SAHARA) in a pulmonary OPD. Some cofactors for reduced BMD were also noted.

Results: Out of the 37 COPD (all belonging to the GOLD III/IV category) patients studied, the BMD was found to be normal in 10 (27%) patients, while 27 (73%) patients were found to have osteopenia/osteoporosis [19 (51.35%) and 8 (21.62%) patients having osteopenia and osteoporosis, respectively].

Conclusion: Frequency of osteoporosis and osteopenia was found to be very high (73%) in our population of advanced COPD. The data suggest a need for further in-depth study regarding the issue.

Keywords: Bone mineral density; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; osteopenia; osteoporosis.

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Conflict of Interest: None declared.

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