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© 1995 British Society for Rheumatology

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LIFE-STYLE, ENVIRONMENTAL AND MEDICAL FACTORS INFLUENCING PEAK BONE MASS IN WOMEN

D.J. TORGERSON*,, M. K. CAMPBELL{dagger} and D. M. REID{ddagger}

*Health Economics Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB92ZD
{dagger}Health Services Research Units, University of Aberdeen, Polwarth Building Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB9 2ZD
{ddagger}Department of Rheumatology, City Hospital Aberdeen AB9 8AU

Correspondence to: Correspondence to: D. J. Torgerson, Centre for Health Economics, University of York, Heslington, York YO1 5DD.

The aim of this study was to assess which life-style factors were associated with peak bone mass. One-thousand-two-hundred-and-twenty-seven pre-menopausal women aged between 45 and 49 yr had their bone density measured at the hip and spine. In addition, these women were given a postal questionnaire asking about life-style factors that may be associated with bone mineral density (BMD). Using stepwise multiple linear regression analysis we found that life-style or environmental factors explained a small but significant proportion of the variation in BMD. Statistically significant associations between anthropometric measures, exercise levels, fracture history and BMD were found. We also observed a positive association between self-reported numbers of miscarriages and BMD. This work supports the conclusions of smaller studies that risk factor analysis explains only a small amount of the variance in BMD.

KEY WORDS: Bone mineral density, Risk factors, Early pregnancy loss, Weight, Height, Peak bone mass


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