Association of Urolithiasis With Osteoporosis in Postmenopausal Women: Risk Predictors for the Disease

Abstract

Urolithiasis and osteoporosis are two significant multifactorial diseases that cause the constant increase in the number of affected persons due to the increased age of population and negative effects of environmental factors, i.e. unhealthy lifestyle. Those affected by urolithiasis have an increased risk for osteoporosis. Association of urolithiasis and osteoporosis in postmenopausal women is still not completely understood, but it is certain that those diseases may cause serious consequences leading to the permanent disability and even death due to osteoporotic hip fractures. This is why those disorders remain very significant social, economic and health problems not only for those affected but for the whole society, due to very high treatment costs. Identification of risk factors for menopausal women aims at decreasing the rate of disease and improving of preventive measures. Since both disorders are preventable, preventive measures should be applied from young age, with identification of risk factors being extremely important for significant decrease of morbidity rate.