Resumen
BACKGROUND
In Colombia, in women over 50 years of age, a prevalence of osteoporosis (OP) of 15.7% in the spine and 11. 4% in the proximal femur, however, its local impact is unknown. For this reason, we set out to characterize clinically and socio-demographically the patients with OP who consulted a high complexity hospital in northwestern Colombia from January 2011 to December 2017.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
A descriptive and retrospective study was carried out. Stories of patients over 18 years of age with a diagnostic code of OP were included. The information was collected from medical records and tabulated in an Excel database. Descriptive statistics were applied for the analysis using SPSSv.24 software.
RESULTS
177 patients were included, 91.5% (n=161) female, age 68 ± 11, the main cause of OP was postmenopausal with 78.5% (n=139), followed by secondary causes 19.8% (n=35). The highest proportion of osteoporosis and fractures was represented in the lumbar spine with 71.4%. 60.5% (n=107) of the patients had bone densitometry reported in the medical history, at the time of entering the diagnosis of OP.
CONCLUSIONS
T-scores less than -2.5 were found in the lumbar spine, a significant percentage of secondary causes were found, and less than half of the patients did not have bone densitometry at the time of diagnosis nor were they receiving pharmacological treatment.
In Colombia, in women over 50 years of age, a prevalence of osteoporosis (OP) of 15.7% in the spine and 11. 4% in the proximal femur, however, its local impact is unknown. For this reason, we set out to characterize clinically and socio-demographically the patients with OP who consulted a high complexity hospital in northwestern Colombia from January 2011 to December 2017.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
A descriptive and retrospective study was carried out. Stories of patients over 18 years of age with a diagnostic code of OP were included. The information was collected from medical records and tabulated in an Excel database. Descriptive statistics were applied for the analysis using SPSSv.24 software.
RESULTS
177 patients were included, 91.5% (n=161) female, age 68 ± 11, the main cause of OP was postmenopausal with 78.5% (n=139), followed by secondary causes 19.8% (n=35). The highest proportion of osteoporosis and fractures was represented in the lumbar spine with 71.4%. 60.5% (n=107) of the patients had bone densitometry reported in the medical history, at the time of entering the diagnosis of OP.
CONCLUSIONS
T-scores less than -2.5 were found in the lumbar spine, a significant percentage of secondary causes were found, and less than half of the patients did not have bone densitometry at the time of diagnosis nor were they receiving pharmacological treatment.
| Idioma original | Español (Colombia) |
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| Publicación especializada | Global Rheumatology |
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| Estado | Publicada - 9 oct. 2024 |
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