Abstract
Serum lipid abnormalities are possible risk factors for cardiovascular diseases and osteoporosis. Our aim was to evaluate the associations between the lipid profile and the areal bone mineral density (aBMD) and trabecular bone score in an elderly Iranian population. The study subjects included 2426 elderly women and men participating in the second stage of the Bushehr Elderly Health program, a population-based prospective cohort study. The aBMDs of the lumbar spine and femoral neck and the lumbar spine texture were measured using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry and the TBS algorithm, respectively. The associations between the lipid profiles and the aBMDs and TBSs were examined using multivariable linear regression analyses stratified by sex and adjusted for potential confounders. In men, we found negative correlations between the lumbar spine aBMD and TBS and the total cholesterol (TC), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels (TC: p < 0.001 and p < 0.006, HDL-C: p = 0.002 and p = 0.004, and LDL-C: p < 0.001 and p < 0.009, respectively). However, only the HDL-C level was negatively associated with the aBMD in women (p = 0.016). A positive and statistically significant correlation was found between the serum triglyceride (TG) level and the aBMD in the women (p < 0.001). The TG level and the TBS were not statistically significantly correlated in either sex, and the TBS was not correlated with any of the lipid values in women. The results of this study showed some significant but generally weak associations between the lipid profile and the aBMD. The associations that were significant for both the men and the women included positive associations between the TG level and the femoral neck aBMD, as well as the HDL-C level and the femoral neck and lumbar spine aBMDs.
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