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Investigating the Prevalence of Low Bone Mass in Children of Southern Iran and Its Associated Factors

BACKGROUND: Improving peak bone mass and bone strength in the first years of life and enhancing it during young adulthood could prevent osteoporosis and fractures in the last years of life. We evaluated the prevalence of low bone mass in the lumbar and femoral neck and its associated factors in sout...

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Autores principales: Saki, Forough, Ranjbar Omrani, Gholamhossein, Jeddi, Marjan, Bakhshaieshkaram, Marzie, Dabbaghmanesh, Mohammad Hossein
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Publicado: Kowsar 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5750445/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29344033
http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/ijem.14099
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author Saki, Forough
Ranjbar Omrani, Gholamhossein
Jeddi, Marjan
Bakhshaieshkaram, Marzie
Dabbaghmanesh, Mohammad Hossein
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Ranjbar Omrani, Gholamhossein
Jeddi, Marjan
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description BACKGROUND: Improving peak bone mass and bone strength in the first years of life and enhancing it during young adulthood could prevent osteoporosis and fractures in the last years of life. We evaluated the prevalence of low bone mass in the lumbar and femoral neck and its associated factors in southern Iranian children. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study on healthy Iranian children aged 9 - 18 years old during 2011 - 2012. Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) was used for measuring bone mineral density (BMD). BMD Z-score ≤ -2 was considered as low. Anthropometric data, physical activity, sun exposure, puberty, and mineral biochemical parameters were assessed. Data were analyzed using SPSS v.15. RESULTS: 477 normal children, including 236 (49.5%) girls and 241 (50.5%) boys, aged 13.8 ± 2.7 years were enrolled. Prevalence of low bone mass (LBM) in the femoral and lumbar region was 10.7% and 18.7%, respectively. The prevalence of LBM in femur of girls is twice more than boys. Fat mass index, BMI Z-score, and physical activity were associated with lumbar low bone mass. BMI Z-score and physical activity were associated with femoral low bone mass. CONCLUSIONS: High prevalence of low bone mineral density in children 9 to 18 years in south of the country is concerned and is needed to plan for prevention and treatment. BMI-Z score, fat mass index, and physical activity were the 3 most important preventive factors in developing low bone mass in children.
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spelling pubmed-57504452018-01-17 Investigating the Prevalence of Low Bone Mass in Children of Southern Iran and Its Associated Factors Saki, Forough Ranjbar Omrani, Gholamhossein Jeddi, Marjan Bakhshaieshkaram, Marzie Dabbaghmanesh, Mohammad Hossein Int J Endocrinol Metab Research Article BACKGROUND: Improving peak bone mass and bone strength in the first years of life and enhancing it during young adulthood could prevent osteoporosis and fractures in the last years of life. We evaluated the prevalence of low bone mass in the lumbar and femoral neck and its associated factors in southern Iranian children. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study on healthy Iranian children aged 9 - 18 years old during 2011 - 2012. Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) was used for measuring bone mineral density (BMD). BMD Z-score ≤ -2 was considered as low. Anthropometric data, physical activity, sun exposure, puberty, and mineral biochemical parameters were assessed. Data were analyzed using SPSS v.15. RESULTS: 477 normal children, including 236 (49.5%) girls and 241 (50.5%) boys, aged 13.8 ± 2.7 years were enrolled. Prevalence of low bone mass (LBM) in the femoral and lumbar region was 10.7% and 18.7%, respectively. The prevalence of LBM in femur of girls is twice more than boys. Fat mass index, BMI Z-score, and physical activity were associated with lumbar low bone mass. BMI Z-score and physical activity were associated with femoral low bone mass. CONCLUSIONS: High prevalence of low bone mineral density in children 9 to 18 years in south of the country is concerned and is needed to plan for prevention and treatment. BMI-Z score, fat mass index, and physical activity were the 3 most important preventive factors in developing low bone mass in children. Kowsar 2017-07-26 /pmc/articles/PMC5750445/ /pubmed/29344033 http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/ijem.14099 Text en Copyright © 2017, International Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits copy and redistribute the material just in noncommercial usages, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5750445/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/ijem.14099
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