الملخص

Objectives: To explore and discuss the  possible  relationship  between coronary  artery disease and osteoporosis  in men and in postmenopausal women  in  comparison with healthy control. Patients and methods: Fifty patients  with ischemic heart diseases, with positive catheterization  results whose ages range between 45 - 65 years old were enrolled  in  the study and referred as Group A.  Fifty  aapparently healthy  subjects, matched for  e with  the patients group ,  were kept as control  group and referred as Group B. We divided the patients understudy into two groups based on the mineral density they have; these groups are  osteoporosis  groupand normal bone mass group . Results: The frequency  of bone density by using Dexa (T-score)  in studied  subjects  in Group A were normal (T-score=  5.5  to -0.9) in 34 (68%) subjects,  osteopenia  (T• score= -1  to -2.4) in  11  (22%) subjects, and osteoporosis  (T-score  = -2.5)  in 5 (10%) subjects.  For Group B,  32 (64%) hainormal   Dexa results, 17 (34%) were osteopenic,  and 1   (2%) had osteoporosis. The study has found that the relationship between the two groups was not statistically significant when tested by the chi square test. Conclusion: There was no relationship  between osteoporosis  and cardiovascular diseases. Gender had no effects on osteoporosis.