Relationship between blood pressure levels and bone mineral density in postmenopausal Turkish women

Yazici, Selma; Yazici, Mehmet; Korkmaz, Ugur; Erkan, Melih; Baki, Ali; Erden, Ismail; Ozhan, Hakan; Ataoglu, Safinaz

doi:10.5114/aoms.2011.22077

Relationship between blood pressure levels and bone mineral density in postmenopausal Turkish women

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ARCHIVES OF MEDICAL SCIENCE, vol.7, pp.264-270, 2011 (Journal Indexed in SCI)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 7 Issue: 2
Publication Date: 2011
Doi Number: 10.5114/aoms.2011.22077
Title of Journal : ARCHIVES OF MEDICAL SCIENCE
Page Numbers: pp.264-270

Abstract

Introduction: We investigated the association between bone mineral density (BMD) detected by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometric (DXA) method and blood pressure (BP) in a large sample of postmenopausal women.