Long-term depot-medroxyprogesterone acetate and bone mineral density

The association between long-term use of depot-medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) and bone mineral density (BMD) has been controversial, as seen in three case-control studies in New Zealand, Thailand, and the United Kingdom. In the present case-controlled study of BMD, a group of 67 Chinese women who had used DMPA from 5-15 years was compared with 218 women of the same age range who had not used any steroidal hormones. DMPA users were found to have a significantly lower BMD at lumbar vertebra (L2-4) (0.93 g/cm2), neck of femur (0.69 g/cm2), trochanter (0.59 g/cm2), and Ward's triangle (0.58 g/cm2), as compared with the control group, whose corresponding BMD values were 1.03 g/cm2, 0.83 g/cm2, 0.71 g/cm2, and 0.78 g/cm2, respectively (p < 0.001). The average percentage of bone loss per year was estimated to be 1.1% in L2-4, 2.3% in neck of femur, 2.4% in trochanter, and 3.5% in Ward's triangle. The percentage of bone loss in L2-4 was found to be more pronounced with age. This study provided information that the use of DMPA in a Chinese group for > 5 years in associated with bone loss, and a prospective study is needed to confirm these data, which are different from two case-control studies.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

1999

Erschienen:

1999

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:59

Enthalten in:

Contraception - 59(1999), 1 vom: 03. Jan., Seite 25-9

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Tang, O S [VerfasserIn]
Tang, G [VerfasserIn]
Yip, P [VerfasserIn]
Li, B [VerfasserIn]
Fan, S [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Asia
Biology
C2QI4IOI2G
Calcium
China
Comparative Studies
Contraception
Contraceptive Agents, Female
Contraceptive Agents, Female--pharmacodynamics
Contraceptive Agents, Progestin--pharmacodynamics
Contraceptive Agents--pharmacodynamics
Contraceptive Methods--side effects
Demographic Factors
Depo-provera--pharmacodynamics
Developing Countries
Eastern Asia
Family Planning
Injectables--side effects
Journal Article
Longterm Effects--women
Medroxyprogesterone Acetate
Medroxyprogesterone Acetate--pharmacodynamics
Physiology
Population
Population Dynamics
Research Methodology
Research Report
SY7Q814VUP
Skeletal Effects--women
Studies
Time Factors
Women

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 10.08.1999

Date Revised 26.08.2019

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM102744416