J Korean Soc Menopause.  2012 Apr;18(1):28-35.

Prevalence of Osteoporosis and Osteopenia in Women in Gumi Gyeongbuk Province

• Sang JH
• Hwang IC
• Han HS
• Lee W
• Kim TH
• Lee HH
• Chung SH
• Shin KS

Abstract

OBJECTIVES
The aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of osteopenia and osteoporosis in women aged 20 years and older in Gumi province.
METHODS
We recruited a total of 2,347 women aged 20 years and older in Gumi province who visited the health care center in Soonchunhyang University Gumi hospital from January 2010 to December 2011. The bone mineral densities in the calcaneus were measured by an ultrasound bone densitometry. Osteoporosis and osteopenia were defined by World Health Organization criteria. Age-specific prevalence of osteoporosis and osteopenia in Gumi province were determined and compared with the prevalence of osteoporosis and osteopenia from other provinces within Korea. The prevalence of each was described by %.
RESULTS
Age-specific prevalence of osteoporosis was less than 2% in women younger than 50 years but it rapidly increased in those older than 55 years and up to about 50% in women older than 70 years. The prevalence of osteoporosis in women in Gumi province was lower than that of Kangwon province. However, its results were higher than Jung-up province. In addition, the prevalence of osteoporosis in women in Gumi province was lower than other provinces including: Gang-hwa, Chun-cheon, Chung-ju, Jungnang and Gangseo in Seoul, Korea Health Statistics 2009.
CONCLUSION
The age-specific prevalence of osteoporosis in women in Gumi province increased with ages, especially in those older than 55 years. Also, the prevalence of osteoporosis in women in Gumi province was lower than Kangwon and other provinces within Korea as stated by Korea Health Statistics 2009. However, its results were higher than Jung-up province.

Keyword

Gumi; Osteopenia; Osteoporosis; Prevalence

MeSH Terms

Aged
Bone Density
Bone Diseases, Metabolic
Calcaneus
Delivery of Health Care
Densitometry
Female
Humans
Korea
Osteoporosis
Prevalence
World Health Organization

Figure

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  Fig. 1 Age-specific prevalence of osteopenia and osteoporosis in Gumi women.

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  Fig. 2 Comparison of age-specific prevalence of osteoporosis between Gumi and Kangwon, Jung-up area. *Kangwon province [Reprinted from "Prevalence of osteoporosis and osteopenia in women in Kangwon province: geographical comparison study", by Jeon GH, Kim SR, Kim SH, Chae HD, Kim CH and Kang BM, 2008, Korean J Bone Metab, 15, pp.135-41. Copyright 2008 by the The Korean Society of Bone Metabolism. Reprinted with permission]. †Jung-up province [Reprinted from "Prevalence of osteoporosis in Jung-Up district, Korea", by Kim CH, Kim YI, Choi CS, Park JY, Lee MS, Lee SI and Kim GS, 1997, Korean J Bone Metab, 4, pp.65-71. Copyright 1997 by the The Korean Society of Bone Metabolism. Reprinted with permission].

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  Fig. 3 Comparison of age-specific prevalence of osteoporosis between Gumi and other province, Korea Health Statistics 2009. *[Reprinted from "Prevalence and risk factors of osteoporosis and osteopenia in Korean women: cross-sectional study", by Choi JY, Han SH, Shin AS, Shin CS, Park SK, Cho SI and Kang DH, 2008, Korean J Korean Soc Menopause, 14, pp.35-49. Copyright 2008 by the The Korean Society of Menopause. Reprinted with permission]. †[Reprinted from "Prevalence of chronic diseases in postmenopausal Korean women: 2009 Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey", by Sang JH and Park HM, 2011, The 97th Annual Congress of Korean Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology, p.144. Copyright 2011 by the The Korean Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Reprinted with permission].

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