Cited by 706Bone health and osteoporosis researchMenopause: Health Impacts and TreatmentsEstrogen and related hormone effects

Prevention of spinal osteoporosis in oophorectomised women

Lindsay, R., Hart, D.M., Forrest, Colin, Baird, Clive·1980·The Lancet

Abstract

100 women who had taken part in a prospective controlled trial of oestrogen therapy for prevention of post-oophorectomy bone loss were reviewed after a median follow-up period of nine years. A significant reduction in height occurred among the placebo-treated group, but not in the group treated with mestranol (mean 23 x 3 micrograms/day). The placebo-treated group had a higher spine score, lower central vertebral height, and larger wedge-angle than the oestrogen group. Within each group none of these spinal morphometric changes correlated with changes in mineral content of metacarpal or radial bones as measured by photon absorptiometry or X-ray densitometry, although both peripheral and central measurements showed highly significant differences between groups. Oestrogen treatment, therefore, prevents against central, as well as peripheral, bone loss, and reduces the incidence of vertebral compression.

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Authors
Lindsay, R., Hart, D. M., Forrest, C., & Baird, C.
Affiliations
  • Helen Hayes Hospital (US)
  • Western Infirmary (GB)
Venue
The Lancet
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
1980-11
Volume
316
Issue
8205
Pages
1151-1154
ISSN
  • 0099-5355 (ISSN-L)
  • 0140-6736
OpenAlex
W2004236425
Cited by
706
References
16
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 7 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 6 · 2014: 5 · 2013: 7 · 2012: 7
FWCI
29.81
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • The Lancet (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Orthopedics and Sports Medicine › Bone health and osteoporosis research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Menopause: Health Impacts and Treatments
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Estrogen and related hormone effects
Keywords
spinal osteoporosis, oophorectomy, estrogen therapy, bone loss prevention, vertebral compression, vertebral body height, wedge angle, bone mineral density, metacarpal bones, radial bone, postmenopausal women
MeSH terms
Body Height, Body Weight, Castration, Clinical Trials as Topic, Double-Blind Method, Female, Humans, Mestranol, Metacarpus, Osteoporosis, Radiography, Spinal Diseases, Spine

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