ORIGINAL ARTICLE Association between bone mineral densities and serum lipid profiles of pre- and post-menopausal rural women in South Korea

Abstract The objectives of this population-based study were to investigate the potential association between bone mineral density (BMD) and serum lipid profiles and to compare the effects of serum lipids on BMD at various skeletal sites in pre- and post-menopausal women. In July and August of 2004, BMD was measured at a variety of skeletal sites [lumbar spine (L1–4), femoral neck, tro-chanter, Ward’s triangle, shaft and proximal total hip] using the GE/Bravo Lunar DPX dual-energy X-ray absorptiometer in a South Korean population-based sample of 375 pre-menopausal and 355 post-menopausal rural women aged 19–80 years. The levels of serum total cholesterol (TC) and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C)were inversely associatedwithBMDinbothpre-and post-menopausal women. In the pre-menopausal women, correlations were shown only for lumbar 1–