Relationship between bone mineral density of hip and body mass index in postmenopausal women in Kazakh nationality
MIAO Xiaogang
HABAXI Kaken
ZHAO Xibin
WANG Li
YUAN Hong
Abstract：Objective To determine the relationship between bone mineral density (BMD) of hip and body mass index (BMI) in postmenopausal women in Kazakh nationality. Methods BMD of hip and BMI were examined for 1 009 postmenopausal women in Kazakh nationality who were consistent with the inclusion criteria. They were divided into 3 groups according to BMI, including underweight group, normal-weight group and overweight group. Body height, age and BMD in three groups were compared. Furthermore, 5 subgroups including 41-50 years old, 51-60 years old, 61-70 years old, 71-80 years old and 81-90 years old subgroup were divided according to age, and then the differences of BMD among the subgroups were compared. Results For postmenopausal women in Kazakh nationality, BMD in normal-weight and overweight groups were higher than those in underweight group (P <0.05). With the increase of age, BMD in all groups were lowered (P <0.05). For those who were over 60 years old, BMD in normal-weight and overweight groups were higher than those in underweight group, the difference had statistical significance (P <0.05); while for those who were 71-80 years old, BMD in overweight group was higher than that in normal-weight group (P <0.05). Conclusions BMI and age were important effect factors for hip BMD in postmenopausal women in Kazakh nationality. BMD should be monitored regularly for people with low BMI, or elderly women, so as to screen osteopenia and osteoporosis, and to carry out treatment intervention in early stage.
Keywords：HipBone densityBody mass indexOsteoporosispostmenopausalPostmenopauseKazakh nationalityFemale
Publication Date：2013-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 79-83 )