Correlation between osteoporosis and cardiovascular disease risk factors in old patients

Objective To study the correlation between osteoporosis and cardiovascular disease risk factors in old patients. Methods Three hundred and twenty consecutive old patients admitted to our department in October 2008-October 2010 were divided into osteoporosis group and non-osteoporosis group.Their cardiovascular disease risk factors were recorded.Correlation between osteoporosis and cardiovascular disease risk factors was analyzed by multivariate unconditional logistic regression analysis. Results The proportion of female,smoking,hyperlipidemia,diabetic mellitus（DM）,and coronary heart diseases were significantly higher in osteoporosis group than in non-osteoporosis group（P＜0.05）.Multivariate unconditional logistic regression analysis showed that DM and heperlipidemia were the major risk factors for osteoporosis in old patients. Conclusion Osteoporosis in old patients is a systematic disease which is closely correlated with cardiovascular disease risk factors such as hyperlipidemia and should be treated with systematic measures.