Prevalence of Osteoporosis in Bihar: A Sample Study

Osteoporosis is a silent disease increasing the fracture risk and load on public hospitals. Proper diet and preventive medication can reduce the chances of osteoporosis. Presently we have population data regarding osteoporosis from northern and southern part of India but no such data is available from eastern region. The aim of present study was to collect such data for assessment of osteoporosis in our population. 363 (246 males, 117 females) patients with age more than 20years (average age 43.01years) were selected for the study. The patients with BMD data measured using distal radius quantitative ultrasound and expressed as T score were collected. It was analyzed by logistic regression analysis. Average BMD was minus 1.2 (normal). 201 (55.37%) patients had normal BMD, 140(38.56%) were osteopenic and 22(6.06%) were osteoporotic. In less than 50 years of age most of the females were osteopenic while most of the males were having normal BMD. The prevalence of osteoporosis was 4 times higher in females of age more than 50 years. In males the prevalence of osteopenia and osteoporosis was same in all age groups. There was significant difference in incidence between males and females (p 0.002) while insignificant (0.772) in two age groups.