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Adolescent pregnancy linked to osteoporosis risk in postmenopausal Korean women
Cho GJ. Menopause. 2012;doi:10.1097/gme.0b013e3182337150.
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Bone mineral density was lower in the hip, femoral neck and lumbar spine among postmenopausal women with a history of adolescent pregnancy vs. those who were not pregnant during adolescence. This suggests that adolescent pregnancy could be a predictor of osteoporosis after menopause, according to researchers in Korea.
Postmenopausal women enrolled in the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey in 2008 (n=719) were included in a cross-sectional study to determine whether adolescent pregnancy is associated with osteoporosis after menopause. Using DXA scans, the researchers measured BMD in this population.
Women with a history of adolescent pregnancy were at greater risk for osteoporosis compared with those without a history of adolescent pregnancy (OR=2.20; 95% CI, 1.12-4.30) after adjusting for age, BMI, marital status, education level, household income, alcohol intake, smoking history, exercise, age at menarche, age at menopause, parity, hormone therapy use, energy and calcium intake and vitamin D level.
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