Abstract:
The prevalence of osteoporosis was 27 (95 CI 24-30). The trend analysis in advancing age
groups showed that the differences of the age specific rates were highly significant (P
0.0001). The findings of survey showed that the prevalence of osteoporosis was
significantly higher among postmenopausal women who were in the low income group ( 31.
p 0.01), law educational group ( 26, p0.05), low social class ( 29, p0.001), unemployed
housewives ( 28 .p0.05) and underweight women (BMI level less 18.5) (29, p0.05). there
was also a negative association between bone mineral density and duration of the
postmenopausal period.
