Bone mineral density in women of a low socioeconomic level using DMPA for contraception in rural Upper Egypt
Hussein, M.; Mahran, D.G.; Farouk, O.A.; El-Assal, M.A.; Fathallah, M.M.; Romih, M.S.
International Journal of Gynaecology and Obstetrics the Official Organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics 110(1): 31-34
2010
ISSN/ISBN: 1879-3479 PMID: 20347086 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2010.01.023Document Number: 209904
To evaluate the effect of long-term use of depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) on bone mineral density (BMD). A cross-sectional study was performed with 150 women using DMPA and 136 women using nonhormonal methods of contraception in rural Sohag Governorate, Upper Egypt. Socioeconomic scores were measured using the 1983 Fahmy and El Sherbeny system, model II. The mineral density of the left calcaneus was measured by ultrasonographically. If the overall mean T score was significantly lower for the DMPA than for the control group, osteopenia and osteoporosis were more prevalent among DMPA users only for participants of the lowest socioeconomic level. There was a mild negative correlation between duration of DMPA use and T score, and when contraception duration was considered the differences in T scores between the DMPA and control groups were significant. Prescribing DMPA only for the short term to women of a low socioeconomic level and counseling them about its effect on bone density may be a practical approach.
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