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SUBMITTER: Castrejon-Delgado L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8000366 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Castrejón-Delgado Lizett L Castelán-Martínez Osvaldo D OD Clark Patricia P Garduño-Espinosa Juan J Mendoza-Núñez Víctor Manuel VM Sánchez-Rodríguez Martha A MA
Biology 20210310 3
Low bone mineral density (BMD) on postmenopausal women causes bone fragility and fracture risk. Tibolone seems to prevent bone loss. Therefore, this systematic review with meta-analysis synthesizes the tibolone effect on BMD percent change in lumbar spine (LS), femoral neck (FN), and total hip (TH) in postmenopausal women. Controlled trials that provided tibolone evidence on the efficacy of tibolone in preventing loss of BMD were included. Regarding the included studies, a pooled mean difference ...[more]