Titre : | Osteoporosis and years since menopause. (1999) |
Auteurs : | S. IDE ; H. HAYABUCHI ; Y. HIROTA ; T. HOTOKEBUCHI ; Y. SUGIOKA ; S.I. TAKASUGI ; Department of Orthopedic Surgery. Faculty of Medicine. Kyushu University. Fukuoka. JPN ; Department of Public Health. Faculty of Medicine. Kyushu University. Fukuoka. JPN |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | European journal of epidemiology (vol. 15, n° 8, 1999) |
Pagination : | 739-745 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Mots-clés : | Ostéoporose ; Ménopause ; Epidémiologie ; Facteur risque ; Homme ; Femme ; Etude comparée ; Système ostéoarticulaire [pathologie] ; Ostéopathie |
Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST LauR0xyX. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. In Fukuoka Prefecture, in south-western Japan, a regional screening program for osteoporosis was conducted from 1994 to 1995. The screening level in the bone mineral density (BMD) at the distal non-dominant radius was equal to or less than two standard deviations below age-specific mean (= - 1.0 SD) women (reference group) with their lifestyle and reproductive characteristics. The adjusted odds ratio (OR) and its 95% confidence interval (CI) were calculated using a logistic regression model. A significant increase in the ORs for osteoporosis based on the number of years since menopause was observed for 7-13 years since menopause (OR=2.3 ; 95% CI : 1.0-5.4) compared with |