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

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Yazici S., Yazici M., Korkmaz U., Erkan M. E. , Baki A. E. , Erden I., ...More

ARCHIVES OF MEDICAL SCIENCE, vol.7, no.2, pp.264-270, 2011 (Journal Indexed in SCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 7 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2011
  • Doi Number: 10.5114/aoms.2011.22077
  • Journal Name: ARCHIVES OF MEDICAL SCIENCE
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.264-270
  • Kocaeli University Affiliated: Yes

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.