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Early Oophorectomy Linked to Osteoporosis, Arthritis
Early Oophorectomy Linked to Osteoporosis, Arthritis
B Jancin
20111112
2011 Dec 12
Elsevier Global Medical News
Early Oophorectomy Linked to Osteoporosis, Arthritis
Elsevier Global Medical News. 2011 Dec 12, B Jancin
SAN ANTONIO (EGMN) - Bilateral oophorectomy in women younger than age 45 is associated with a subsequent doubled prevalence of osteoporosis and a similarly elevated rate of arthritis, compared with women with intact ovaries.These findings from a new analysis of the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III) had a further twist: The likelihood of having low bone mineral density and/or arthritis was even greater in the subgroup of women not on hormone replacement therapy following...