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• TITLE: Effect of past and present lifestyle habits and nutrition on calcaneal quantitative osteo-sono index in pre- and post-menopausal females

  AUTHORS: Masakatsu Nakada, Shinichi Demura

  KEYWORDS: Lifestyle and Nutrition Habits, Osteo-Sono Assessment Index, Pre and Postmenopausal Females

  JOURNAL NAME: Health, Vol.2 No.2, February 24, 2010

  ABSTRACT: This study is examined the effect of past and present lifestyle habits and nutrition on the os-teo-sono assessment index (OSI) in pre- and post-menopausal females. The subjects were 200 premenopausal females (38.8±10.3years) and 156 postmenopausal females (59.2±5.9 ye- ars). BMD (Body mineral density) was estimated by right-calcaneal OSI using an ultrasonic transmission method with an AOS-100 device (ALOKA). The number of postmenopau- sal fe-males in the close examination and guidance required groups (80 cases: 51.3 %) (OSI