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Finally, 539 women were recommended for bone mineral density testing, using dual energy X-ray absorptiometry.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Statistical Analysis:<\/jats:title>\n \n To analyze the differences between the groups, a Chi-square and Student\u2019s\n t<\/jats:italic>\n -test were used for the categorical and continuous variables, respectively.\n P<\/jats:italic>\n < 0.05 was considered to show significant associations.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results:<\/jats:title>\n \n In our study, 54.7% of subjects belonged to <60 years of age group. Half of the subjects (51.9%) were illiterate. 37.7% of subjects were having 6 or more children. 14.5% of subjects were currently smoking or chewing tobacco. Age of menopause among 38.0% of subjects was after 50 years of age and duration of menopause at the time of enrolment in the study was more than 10 years in 48.8% of subjects. The prevalence of osteoporosis increased with the increase in the parity and increased number of abortions. Subjects with family history of symptoms related to osteoporosis, and fragility fracture; and self-history of fragility fracture had higher prevalence of osteoporosis (\n P<\/jats:italic>\n < 0.05).\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n In our study, the overall prevalence of osteoporotic fractures among postmenopausal females was 82.2% (osteoporosis: 37.5% and osteopenia: 44.7%). 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