purpose: given that weight and body mass index (bmi) are considered as modifiable factors in osteoporosis, the present study aimed to examine the relationship of weight and bmi with bone mineral density (bmd) and bone mineral content (bmc) at the femur and lumbar vertebrae in perimenopausal women. methods: in this descriptive-correlational study, we measured the bone density of the femur and lu...

background: the purpose of this study was to evaluate long-term changes in bone density profile among survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia. patients and methods: this was a 5 year prospective study comprised of thirty-one survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia with a mean age of 11.8 (4.6) years, who completed therapy at least 1 year previously (according to the all-...

background: to investigate the relationship between renal stone formation and osteoporosis. methods: eight hundred thirty healthy subjects aged between 20 and 76 years were randomly selected from 50 clusters to take part in the study. of these, 68 (8.2%) had a previous history of renal stone disease. all participants underwent clinical exami nation and bone mineral densitometry of the lumbar sp...

background patients with thalassemia major and intermedia are susceptible to osteopenia and osteoporosis. the mechanism of osteoporosis in these patients is multifactorial. transfusion related iron overload in endocrine organs leads to impaired growth hormone secretion, diabetes mellitus, hypothyroidism, hypoparathyroidism, lack of sex steroids and vitamin d deficiency that contribute to impair...

osteoporosis is a major health problem because of the large health care costs associated with its clinical consequences. it is therefore of great importance to identify modifiable risk factors. we investigated association between fruit and vegetables intake and bone mineral density in rural population of tehran surroundings. subjects were a subgroup of a large study on prevalence and causes of ...

Progressive loss of bone mineral density around the femora! component of total hip replacement continues to pose a threat to long term prosthetic survival. A linear study was undertaken to measure bone mineral density on a monthly basis following total hip arthroplasty in 11 male patients. The opposite femur was used as the control measurement. Bone mineral density was unchanged at two mo...

background: osteoporosis is a major public health concern around the world. it has been shown that bone mineral den­sity is correlated to anthropometric measures like height and weight, but this association may vary depending on ethnic and environmental factors. the aim of this study was to identify probable relations between anthropometric measures and bone mineral density. methods: in this po...

osteoporosis is a silent epidemy of today's world, and is also a prevalent problem of health in iran. the role of nutrients such as ascorbic acid, a key antioxidant vitamin, in this disease has recently attracted researchers' attention. in this study, we studied the relation between plasma ascorbic acid concentration and bone mineral density (bmd) in women referring to jami clinic, te...