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Study of bone mineral density (BMD) in elderly male of north west part of India

Author:

Veer Bahadur Singh, Harish Kumar, Subhash Chandra, Babu Lal Meena, Rajesh Bishnoi and Dr Veer Bahadur Singh

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Health Sciences

Abstract:

Aims: To measure the Bone Mineral Density (BMD), determine the prevalence of osteoporosis in elderly men and correlate various risk factors with osteoporosis. Material & Methods: Subjects were randomly selected for this study after explaining the detailed objective of the study, informed consent was taken. A total 140 subjects age ≥60 years male were included in this study. Results: The prevalence of osteoporosis in study population was 14.3%. There was negative correlation of BMD with age (p>.05), glycemic status and diabetes mellitus (p<.01). There was positive relation of BMD with BMI (p<.05). Conclusion: There is high prevalence of osteoporosis in elderly male population. Risk factor for osteoporosis includes advancing age, hyperglycemia, low BMI. However among these parametric age, smoking, alcohol and physical activity had insignificant association with BMD.

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