A comparative study of Bone Mineral Density in lactating and non-lactating mothers

International Journal of Biomedical Research

Madhuri Taranikanti¹  Lakshmi B Sahini²  Jayalakshmi Behara³  Sanghamitra Panda⁴ 

[1] Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, Shadan Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad;Graduate Student, University of Massachusetts, Amherst;Professor, Department of Physiology, Shadan Institute of MedicalSciences, Hyderabad;Professor, Department of Physiology, Shadan Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad

关键词: Lactation;    Osteoporosis;    BMD;    DEXA;   

DOI  :  10.7439/ijbr.v5i9.721

学科分类：基础医学

来源: Scholar Science Journals

【 摘 要 】

Osteoporosis is a global health problem leading to fractures in both men and women. The etiology of osteoporosis may be multifactorial and lactation is recognized as one of the factors causing bone resorption and to bring about changes in calcium metabolism varying with the amount of breast milk produced, diet and duration of lactation. Studies have shown that Bone mineral density (BMD) is significantly reduced in the first 6 months of lactation. Fragility fractures are common during lactation. In the present study the mean age (29.9years) and parity (2.45) of lactating mothers was higher as compared to non-lactating mothers mean age (22.85years) and parity (1.6) which indicates that lactating mothers were breast feeding for longer duration which probably could lead to loss of bone mass and hypoestrogenemia. The BMD by DEXA measured T score to be on the negative side indicating bone loss.

【 授权许可】

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