Authors: Cho GJ, Shin JH, Yi KW, Park HT, Kim T, Hur JY, Kim SH.
Source: Menopause. 2011 Dec 28.
Cho et al. from Seoul report that adolescent pregnancy is associated with osteoporosis in postmenopausal women.
The authors state that: "Adolescence is a critical time of life to accumulate bone for peak bone mass. Factors that may interfere with bone mass accrual during this period may increase the risk of osteoporosis. Several studies have reported that pregnancy during adolescence has detrimental effects on bone mass measurements after pregnancy. However, less is known about how adolescent pregnancy affects bone mineral density (BMD) and osteoporosis after menopause. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between adolescent pregnancy and osteoporosis in postmenopausal Korean women".
The authors
conducted a cross-sectional study of 719 postmenopausal women, all of
whom were enrolled in the Korean National Health and Nutrition
Examination Survey in 2008. BMD was measured using dual-energy x-ray
absorptiometry.
The authors found that: "Postmenopausal women with histories of adolescent pregnancy had lower BMD of the total hip, femoral neck, and lumbar spine than did women without histories of adolescent pregnancy. Multivariate logistic regression analyses revealed that postmenopausal women with history of adolescent pregnancy were at increased risk of osteoporosis (odds ratio, 2.20; 95% CI, 1.12-4.30) compared with women without history of adolescent pregnancy after adjustments for age, body mass index, marital status, education level, household income, alcohol intake, smoking history, exercise, age at menarche, age at menopause, parity, hormone therapy use, intake of energy and calcium, and vitamin D level".
Conclusion of the authors: "Adolescent pregnancy may be a predictor of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women".
Link for the abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22207319
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