Journal of the Korean Dietetic Association  2007;13(3):240-249

Relation of Serum Calcium and Body Mass Index with Quantitative Ultrasound Attenuation of Adult Men and Women.

Min Kyoung KIM 1 ; Hee Seon KIM

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Keywords

Osteopenia; Serum calcium; Bone status; Quantitative ultrasound

Country

Republic of Korea

Language

Korean

Abstract

The objective of this study was to investigate the relation of serum calcium level, body mass index(BMI) with bone status expressed as broadband ultrasound attenuation(BUA) measured by quantitative ultrasound (QUS) and the occurrence of osteopenia among adult men and women. Two hundred eleven(63 male and 148 female) workers who worked in 4 different battery factories were recruited from March 2005 to October 2005. BUA was used as a surrogate of bone mineral density and measured at left calcaneous bone area. The BUA value transformed into T-score by WHO standard conversion criteria to determine osteopenia (-2.5