The prevalence of metabolic syndrome in pre- and post-menopausal women attending a tertiary clinic in Turkey.

Objective: To determine the prevalence of metabolic syndrome among pre- and post-menopausal women attending a tertiary clinic in Turkey.

Study Design: This is a cross-sectional study consisting of one hundred and eighty healthy postmenopausal women and fifty-three healthy premenopausal women evaluated for presence or absence of metabolic syndrome. The t test and Fischer exact test were used for continuous variables and chi-square test was used for categorical variables.

The impact of serum FSH and estradiol on postmenopausal osteoporosis related to time since menopause.

Aim: To determine the impact on osteopenia/osteoporosis of serum follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), estradiol levels and time since menopause in a group of Turkish postmenopausal women.

Methods: Four hundred and thirty-three healthy postmenopausal women seen at the Marmara University Menopause Outpatient Clinic were enrolled for this prospective cohort study. The women were allocated to one of three groups according to the bone mineral density (BMD) of the lumbar vertebrae and total hip, as measured by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA).

Estrogen receptor gene polymorphisms in a group of postmenopausal Turkish women: association with bone mineral density.

Objective: To evaluate the frequency of the estrogen receptor (ER) gene PvuII and XbaI polymorphisms and their associations with bone mineral density (BMD) in a group of postmenopausal Turkish women.

Design: A total of 125 healthy postmenopausal women and 125 premenopausal healthy young women as controls were included in the study. The PvuII and XbaI polymorphisms in the ER gene were studied by the polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism method.

The impact of metabolic syndrome on bone mineral density in postmenopausal women.

Aim: To determine the impact of metabolic syndrome (MS) on dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) derived mean T scores of lumbar vertebra of Turkish women during postmenopausal period.

Methods: One hundred and eighty healthy postmenopausal women seen at the University Gynecology or Menopause Outpatient Clinics were enrolled for this cross sectional study. The women were allocated to one of two groups according to the presence or absence of MS.