this study planned for finding the agreement dxa and quantitative ultrasound (qus) of phalanx in osteoporosis diagnosis and cut off point of qus for osteoporosis diagnosis in postmenopausal women. in 180 postmenopausal women, bmd of axial regions with dxa (dpx-md, ge, lunar, usa) and phalanx with qus (dbm-sonic 1200) measured. agreement of methods and cut off for qus in defining osteoporosis ob...

little is known about relation of transplantation and bone. we conducted a study to find out the frequency and predictors of osteoporosis in kidney transplanted patients in iran. dexa (dpx-md, ge, lunar corporation, usa) used for bmd of 61 kidney transplanted patients. calcium, phosphate, alkaline phosphatase, bun, creatinine and pth, were also measured. fourty four percent of patients were men...

loss may result in nutritional deficiencies . Laparoscopic Sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) is fewer nutritional sequelae. However, there is little LSG. This study aimed Thirty two morbidly obese, premenopausal women 12 months after LSG for: BMD by dual -ray absorptiometry, serum collagen-type I N telopeptide (NTX -terminal propetide of collagen type I (PINP) as markers of bone Twelve months after LSG,...

In Hong Kong, the chronic diseases that lead to mortality and morbidity, and contribute to disability include cardiovascular diseases, cancer, hypertension, osteoporosis, and diabetes mellitus. The role of nutrition as a risk factor for the development of these diseases has been described elsewhere. For the older population, adequate nutrition is important to maintain health, particularly with ...

Ehlers-Danlos syndrome is a rare disorder, comprising a group of related inherited disorders of connective tissue, resulting from underlying abnormalities in the synthesis and metabolism of collagen. This proposal is specifically concerned with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome classic type (formerly Types I-III), which is characterized by joint hypermobility and susceptibility to injury/arthritis, skin a...

Serum undercarboxylated osteocalcin (ucOC) is an index of vitamin K nutritional status in treatment-naive postmenopausal osteoporotic women. The purpose of the present study was to reveal the association between vitamin K nutritional status and serum ucOC concentrations in postmenopausal osteoporotic women taking bisphosphonates. Eighty-six postmenopausal women with osteoporosis (age range: 47-...

The aim of this review was to highlight the current situation of nutrition-related diseases in the Arab countries, and factors associated with prevalence of these diseases. PubMed and Google Scholar were searched for data relating to such nutrition-related diseases published between January 1990 and May 2011. The picture of nutritional status in the Arab countries has changed drastically over t...

Increasing efforts are being made to address, in public health policy (PHP), both the persistence of nutritional deprivation in economically disadvantaged communities, and the increase in so-called "chronic disease" (abdominal obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, certain cancers, osteoporosis, arthritides, and inflammatory disease) in communities at all stages of economic development. The...

INTRODUCTION Osteoporosis is characterized by a decrease in bone mass and a change in bone microarchitecture. This causes skeletal fragility and may result in fractures. Fractures of the femur neck (FM) are frequent and have major consequences in terms of morbidity and mortality in elderly subjects. We carried out a cross-sectional study to evaluate bone and nutritional status in an elderly pop...