Abstract
Two hundreds postmenopausal women with osteopenia, aged 45-80, were randomly divided into 4 groups, and received different drug interventions. After treatment for 12 months, the lumbar spine bone mineral density(BMD)and total hip BMD in alendronate group increased significantly(3.5% and 2.6%, both P<0.05), the lumbar spine BMD raised 2.0% in selective estrogen receptor regulator group(P<0.05). Bone turnover indices improved in both groups(all P<0.05). No change in BMD or bone turnover indices was found in patients treated with active vitamin D3and calcium. Key words: Osteopenia; Bone mineral density; Osteoporosis, postmenopausal
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