Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
Year : 2019, Volume : 13, Issue : 4
First page : ( 636) Last page : ( 640)
Print ISSN : 0973-9122. Online ISSN : 0973-9130.
Article DOI : 10.5958/0973-9130.2019.00363.3

Prevalence of Joint Diseases in Postmenopausal Women

Alkadhim Hanan K¹, Mehsen Jameel T¹, Hasan Mohannad Ali¹

¹Babylon University, College of Medicine, Iraq

Online published on 27 November, 2019.

Abstract

Arthritis have become the most prevalent bone and joint disease in postmenopausal women all over the world. The present study aims to establish the relationship between hormonal changes that occur during and after menopause and the onset of bone degenerative diseases. The relationship betwen obesity and arthritis have also been established by analyzing the BMI of selected patients and type of arthritis present. The analysis of data from 150 postmenopausal women showed that osteoarthritis (OA) was the most common form of arthritis in postmenopausal women and affected around 38.6% of the samples, followed by rheumatoid arthritis (RA) which was found in 2% and gout was observed in 1.3% of women. In relation to obesity and joint diseases, it was found that 66.7% (1 out of 3 patients; P Value >0.05) and 12.1% (7 out of 21; P Value < 0.001) of RA and OA patients were obese and they have a BMI of greater than 25, respectively. The duration of menopausal event or the sex hormonal deficiency period showed a proportional and statistically significant relationship (P value < 0.001), with the prevalence of joint disease, with OA being the most prevalent, and was present in 67.5% of women who have post menopause duration of more than 10 years. The prevalence of RA and gout was not affected by the time period of menopause and BMI and showed statistically insignificant results (P value >0.05).

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Keywords

Rheumatoid arthritis, gout, osteoarthritis, postmenopause women.

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