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Revista Colombiana de Reumatología
Print version ISSN 0121-8123
Abstract
MOLINA, Jose Fernando; TORO, Carlos Enrique; LONDONO, Humberto Reynales and HERNANDEZ, Nubia. Clinical and demographic characterization of the population with osteoporosis in two reference medical centres in Colombia. Rev.Colomb.Reumatol. [online]. 2021, vol.28, n.4, pp.282-288. Epub Nov 29, 2022. ISSN 0121-8123. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcreu.2020.08.005.
Introduction:
Osteoporosis is a public health problem. However, there is still a lack of data in Colombia on the characteristics of patients with osteoporosis.
Objectives:
This study aims to characterize the population with osteoporosis without previous diagnosis.
Materials and methods:
Observational, retrospective, descriptive study in patients with osteoporosis. Patients diagnosed between 2014 and 2017 were included. The information was obtained from the patient medical records and the densitometry results. Results: Most (92.2%) of the patients came from Medellín, and the rest from Cali. The mean age of the population was 65.1 years (SD: 9.97). As regards the history of fracture, it was reported that 12.0% had suffered from vertebral fractures, 2.3% had a history of fracture in the distal radius, 2.8% in the femoral neck, and 1.4% had had femoral shaft fracture. Bone densitometry showed a mean T-score of -2.90 in the femoral neck; -3.02 in total hip; -3.03 in the lumbar spine, and -3.42 in the 33% radius. In the 602 patients who had a control bone densitometry, an average BMD gain was seen in all the evaluated regions.
Conclusions:
The present study has enabled the characterizing of patients from 2 Colombian cities with a diagnosis of osteoporosis. The 2 most frequently reported locations for the diagnosis of osteoporosis were lumbar spine and femoral neck. An average BMD gain was also observed.
Keywords : Osteoporosis; Bone Density; Bone density conservation agents; Fractures; Bone; Risk factors.