The purpose of this study is to investigate the bone mineral density (BMD) among Taiwanese premenopausal women and to understand the relationship between BMD and a number of osteoporosis-related risk factors. A total of 72 females aged 20~44 years were enrolled in the study. BMD of lumbar spine and femur were assessed with dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA). Data was collected in the form of structured questionnaire including sociodemographic characteristics, parity, lactation, calcium intake, smoking status, alcohol intake and physical activity. We found there were no relationship between BMD and age, height, BMI, lactation, alcohol intake, smoking status and physical activity (p>0.05). Body weight was positively correlated with BMD (r =0.28, p=0.02 及r=0.24, p=0.05). In multiple regression analysis, age, height, weight, BMI and lactation were not significantly associated with BMD. Significant association was observed among BMD of total hip and parity. In conclusion, numbers of parity would cause 2% bone loss of total hip in our study. Since BMD is an effective predictor of osteoporotic fractures, knowledge of the relationship between osteoporotic related risk factors and BMD is required for premenopausal women.
The purpose of this study is to investigate the bone mineral density (BMD) among Taiwanese premenopausal women and to understand the relationship between BMD and a number of osteoporosis-related risk factors. A total of 72 females aged 20~44 years were enrolled in the study. BMD of lumbar spine and femur were assessed with dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA). Data was collected in the form of structured questionnaire including sociodemographic characteristics, parity, lactation, calcium intake, smoking status, alcohol intake and physical activity. We found there were no relationship between BMD and age, height, BMI, lactation, alcohol intake, smoking status and physical activity (p>0.05). Body weight was positively correlated with BMD (r =0.28, p=0.02 及r=0.24, p=0.05). In multiple regression analysis, age, height, weight, BMI and lactation were not significantly associated with BMD. Significant association was observed among BMD of total hip and parity. In conclusion, numbers of parity would cause 2% bone loss of total hip in our study. Since BMD is an effective predictor of osteoporotic fractures, knowledge of the relationship between osteoporotic related risk factors and BMD is required for premenopausal women.