Prevalence of osteoporosis and osteopenia in an apparently healthy Indian population - a cross-sectional retrospective study
Osteoporosis and Sarcopenia, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.afos.2018.04.002, online 5 May 2018
Neelam Kaushala, , Divya Vohoraa, , , Rajinder K. Jalalib, Sujeet Jhac, ,
From a health checkup by high income Indian women – average age 50
Based on measurement of Bone-Mineral-Density (BMD)
They found strong associations of osteopenia with
- Smoking
- Alcohol
- Little exercise
The study did not look for any association of osteopenia with
- Excessive clothing
- Low Magnesium
- Low Vitamin K
The study did not find an association of Vitamin D and osteopenia
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- Vitamin K2 from natto improved bone mineral density – March 2011 - has many K2 and Bone studies
- Vitamin K-2 (180 ug MK-7) helped both bone density and strength – RCT March 2013
- Bone strength (more accurate than BMD) is inversely associated with vitamin D level – May 2015
- Long bone fracture – prediction by low vitamin D is better than low BMD – Sept 2014
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- Note A poor Vitamin D Receptor is NOT noticed by a Vitamin D test
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Some countries have been increasing Vitamin D taken have found decreased bone problems
- Vitamin D levels increasing 7 percent per year, bones denser in Japan (probably supplementation) - June 2015
- 20X increase in vitamin D sold and 36 percent decrease in osteoporosis business in Australia – Nov 2013
Overview Osteoporosis and vitamin D contains the following summary
- FACT: Bones need Calcium (this has been known for a very long time)
- FACT: Vitamin D improves Calcium bioavailability (3X ?)
- FACT: Should not take > 750 mg of Calcium if taking lots of vitamin D (Calcium becomes too bio-available)
- FACT: Adding vitamin D via Sun, UV, or supplements increased vitamin D in the blood
- FACT: Vitamin D supplements are very low cost
- FACT: Many trials, studies. reviews, and meta-analysis agree: adding vitamin D reduces osteoporosis
- FACT: Toxic level of vitamin D is about 4X higher than the amount needed to reduce osteoporosis
- FACT: Co-factors help build bones.
- FACT: Vitamin D Receptor can restrict Vitamin D from getting to many tissues, such as bones
- It appears that to TREAT Osteoporosis:
- Calcium OR vitamin D is ok
- Calcium + vitamin D is good
- Calcium + vitamin D + other co-factors is great
- Low-cost Vitamin D Receptor activators sometimes may be helpful
- CONCLUSION: To PREVENT many diseases, including Osteoporosis, as well as TREAT Osteoporosis
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- Osteoporosis 15 percent more likely if poor Vitamin D receptor – meta-analysis Dec 2018
- Fractures reduced with any amount of vitamin D and some Calcium - Cochraine April 2014
- Vitamin D Receptor genes bb and BB and Osteoporosis, esp. for blacks – meta-analysis Nov 2012
- Hip fractures reduced 30 percent with 800 IU of vitamin D – meta-analysis July 2012
- Vitamin D for elderly 800 to 2000 IU - Osteoporosis Canada - Sept 2010
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- Cochrane review finds that Vitamin D and Calcium treat osteoporosis – Feb 2010
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Note the huge decrease in osteopenia/osteoporosis for those aged 70+
Suspect the decrease is due to- Death due to hip fracture
- Less able to get to hospital for health checkup
Objectives
An understanding of bone mineral density (BMD) pattern in a population is crucial for prevention and diagnosis of osteoporosis and management of its complications in later life. This study aimed to screen the bone health status and factors associated with osteoporosis in an apparently healthy Indian population.Methods
A retrospective review of medical records was done in a tertiary-care hospital for the subjects who had undergone preventive health-check-ups that included BMD measurements at femur-neck, total-femur, and lumbar-spine.Results
We evaluated 524 subjects (age, 50.0 ± 12.4 years) including 41.2% female and 58.8% male subjects. Osteoporosis was present in 6.9% subjects (female, 11.1%; male, 4.2%) and osteopenia in 34% subjects (female, 40.3%; male, 29.9%). Absolute BMD was higher in male subjects (P < 0.001) compared to female subjects at all bone sites. Prevalence of osteoporosis increased with age in female subjects, but not in male subjects.
Osteoporosis rates in the age-groups of 30–39, 40–49, 50–59, 60–69, and ≥70 years were 3%, 3.4%, 14.3%, 18.6%, and 36.4%, respectively in female subjects while prevalence in male subjects was 0%, 4%, 6.5%, 4.3%, and 5.6%, respectively, at lumbar spine. Height (r = 0.234–0.358), weight (r = 0.305–0.388), body mass index (r = 0.143–0.285) and physical activity (r = 0.136–0.153) were positively; and alkaline phosphatase (r = −0.133 to −0.203) was negatively correlated with BMD (all P < 0.01) at all sites. These parameters retained significant correlation after controlling for age and sex. No correlation of serum 25-hydroxy-vitamin-D and calcium was noted with BMD (P > 0.05) at any site.Conclusions
Further data on absolute BMD, T scores, and prevalence rates of osteoporosis/osteopenia on multiple bone sites have been presented in this article.Osteopenia in 40 percent of Indian women – May 2018Printer Friendly PDF this page! Follow this page for updates1380 visitors, last modified 06 May, 2018, This page is in the following categories (# of items in each category)
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