Phytoestrogen Genistein and Black Cohosh and Marker of BMD in Menopausal Women

Abstract

Background: In Indonesia, phytoestrogens can be found in the market as supplement to resolve climacteric complaint and osteoporosis. This phytoestrogens has not been proven scientifically to have benefit in overcoming the climacteric complaints and osteoporosis in menopausal women. Therefore, it is important to have clinical test searching data for knowing the increase of bone mineral density (BMD).Methods: The design was comparison clinical test in the form of “add on” with double blind in Hospital of Mohammad Hoesin Palembang started in August 2010 until February 2011 putting subjects into fitoestrogen and placebo groups randomly. T-score of spine and femur were measured using done densitometry before and after 6 months supplementation.Results: In the beginning of study, it was found that the average of spine T-score in the group of phytoestrogens was -1.455±0.264 after 6 months it increased to -1.295±0.223 with change 0.160±0.153 (p=0.001).Whereas in placebo group the average of spine T-score at the beginning of the study was -1.295±0.223 becoming -1.560±0.414 with decrease of -0.100±0.273 (p=0.118). Femur T-score level, of phytoestrogens group at the beginning of the study was -1.415±0.215, after 6 months it became -1.270±0.141 with change of 0.145±0.170 (p=0.001). In placebo group, the average of femur T-score was -1.475±0.202 becoming -1.595±0.421 with of decrease -0.120±0.33 (p=0.124). The status of spine and femur T-score BMD both in, phytoestrogens and placebo group was osteopenia at the beginning of the study. After 6 months, spine T-score in phytoestrogens group did not change, and in placebo group, 2 subject showed osteoporosis with spine T-score and femur T-score -2.7 and -2.75(±0.212).Conclusions: The administration of phytoestrogens is able to maintain bone mineral density and prevent the occurrence of osteoporosis