Osteoporosis is a metabolic disorder of bone that is characterized by low bone mineral density (BMD) and microarchitecture deterioration of bone tissue which predisposes to increased fracture risk. The prevalence of osteoporosis increases with age and common in postmenopausal women. Measurement of bone mineral density is the best available method to confirm or rule out osteoporosis. The present cross sectional study was undertaken to assess the osteoporosis in postmenopausal women by measuring bone mineral density (BMD). 120 postmenopausal women with 45-80 years of age were included in this study. Bone mineral density was assessed by Achilles ultrasound bone densitometer. The results of BMD were analyzed on the basis of T-score. In our study 82% of the postmenopausal women had a subnormal T- scores. Of the 120 participants 18% were normal, 51.7% were osteopaenic, 23.3% were osteoporotic, 6.7% were severe osteoporotic. So our study recommends that postmenopausal women should be screened for osteoporotic fracture risk which may be an important strategy in the management of postmenopausal osteoporosis.
