Title: Survey on Bone mineral density in the urban and rural population of Chengdu
Abstract:Objective To investigate the morbidity of osteoporosis and factors affe cting lumbar spine and bone mineral density(BMD).Method Dual energy X-ray absor ption-metry was used to measure the bone mineral...Objective To investigate the morbidity of osteoporosis and factors affe cting lumbar spine and bone mineral density(BMD).Method Dual energy X-ray absor ption-metry was used to measure the bone mineral density(BMD)of the lumber spin e and proximal femur in 1 460 normal persons in Chengdu district(aged 20 and ove r,662 in the city and 798 in the countryside).Result This cross-section study s howed that the peak bone mass(PBM),either male or female,occurred in age group o f 20~39 years old.The value of BMD in male was (1.120±0.118)g/cm2,1.113±0.111 g/cm2 in female.Bone loss began at 40 years old.Bone loss began at 40 years old .Bone loss rate in female was faster than that in male at all sites (P 0.001).C onclusion For prevention of OP,it is worthy of enhancing PBM by proper diet and exercise during the supplement of calcium and estrogen are very important for th e rural women especialy for the postmenstural women.Read More
Publication Year: 2001
Publication Date: 2001-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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