Abstract:Objective To investigate the relationship of menopausal years and lipid metabolism with calcaneus bone mineral density in postmenopausal women. Methods A total of 288 female cases after natural menopause, who had physical examination in the Department of Endocrinology of the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University from November 2014 to May 2016, were selected. According to different menopausal years they were randomly divided into 6 groups including a ≤ 5 years menopause group, a 6-10 years group, an 11-15 years group, a 16-20 years group, a 21-25 years group, and a 26-30 years group. Total cholesterol, triglyceride, high-density lipoprotein, low-density lipoprotein and calcaneus bone mineral density were determined. The relationships of different duration of menopause and lipid metabolism with T value and bone hardness index were analyzed. Results The bone mineral density index T value and bone hardness index of different groups of menopause decreased gradually with the prolongation of menopause duration, the differences were statistically significant (P < 0.05). However, there were no significant differences in the levels of triglyceride, total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein or low-density lipoprotein among different menopausal year groups (P > 0.05). Total cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein were correlated with bone mineral density (P < 0.05). Conclusions The female menopause and calcaneus bone mineral density decline are the risk factors for osteoporosis occurrence, and also have relationships with lipid metabolism.