The Department of Endocrinology, 
Utility of anthropometric indicators in predicting osteoporosis in ambulant community dwelling rural postmenopausal women from southern India.
- Assistant professor, Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Christian Medical College & Hospital, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
- Research officer, Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Christian Medical College & Hospital, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
- Professor, Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Christian Medical College & Hospital, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
- Associate Professor, Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Christian Medical College & Hospital, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
Tropical doctor Vol. 50 · Issue 3 · pp. 228-232
PMID 32419634 DOI 10.1177/0049475520922769
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Kalyani Sridharan, Kripa E Cherian, Mathews E Kurian, Hesarghatta S Asha, Thomas V Paul, Nitin Kapoor. Utility of anthropometric indicators in predicting osteoporosis in ambulant community dwelling rural postmenopausal women from southern India. Tropical doctor. 2020;50(3):228-232. doi:10.1177/0049475520922769
Abstract
Osteoporosis is characterised by low bone mineral density (BMD) and is a significant public health problem in India. This cross-sectional study was done to assess the relationship between various anthropometric measures and BMD in 308 rural dwelling South Indian postmenopausal women. Anthropometric variables such as weight, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), hip circumference (HC) and neck circumference (NC) were measured. BMD was assessed by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scan at the lumbar spine (LS) and femoral neck (NOF). The mean age ± SD of study participants was 60.7 ± 7.8 years. All anthropometric variables showed positive correlation with BMD at NOF and LS (
Keywords
- Anthropometry
- bone mineral density
- osteoporosis
- postmenopausal women
- rural south India
