Aims: To compare levels of calcium in surgical menopausal women with that of women in natural menopause. Objective: To make women in menopause aware of risk factors associated of low calcium levels in this period. Brief Methodolgy : 50 women ageing (from 30 years to menopause) who have undergone hysterectomy with oophorectomy in last 1-2 years were included in study group. 50 women ageing between 45-55 years who were experiencing natural menopause since 1-2 years were included in control group. Calcium in centrifuged serum samples was analysed on Olympus AU 400 Autoanalyser using Transasia kits in central lab of GMC & JJ Mumbai. The statistical analysis was done by using ANOVA and the correlation was done by using the Pearson’s correlation coefficient Observations & Results: Calcium levels in surgical menopausal women were significantly reduced as compared to those with women in natural menopause. Conclusion: Surgical menopausal women are at greater risk of suffering from after effects of decreased Calcium levels of which most common is osteoporosis. .
