title: Nutritional status and its relationship with bone mass density in postmenopausal women admitted in osteodensitometry center, Isfahan-Iran.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Osteoporosis is a multifactorial disease and one of the most important modifiable factors in the development and maintenance of bone mass are nutrition nutritional status and its relationship with Bone Mass Density (BMD) in postmenopausal women admitted in osteodensitometry Center, Isfahan, Iran.
  
  
  METHODS
  Seventy-two postmenopausal osteoporotic women were studied. BMD of the lumbar spine and total hip were measured using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. Demographic and dietary intakes were collected by interview and using a validated food frequency questionnaires. T-scores, Pearson correlation and one way analysis of variance tests were conducted to analyze the data.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Mean of age and duration of menopause was nearly 57.5 ± 7.2 and 10.6 ± 7.1 years, respectively. The mean t-scores for BMD of spine and hip were 0.877 ± 0.179 and 0.997 ± 0.21, respectively. The mean of calcium (Ca), phosphorous (P), fluoride (F), Vitamin D, K and Zn were less than DRI and Na more than it (all P value less than 0.0001). BMD of hip was significantly correlated with dietary Ca, animal protein, Zn (P < 0.05), but BMD of spine did not show any significant correlation with nutrients (P > 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Most of the postmenopausal osteoporotic women in this study had a considerable deficiency in terms of micronutrients such as Ca, vitamin D and P, which can be deleterious for bone health.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Nutrition, School of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
authors.forename: Zamzam
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Paknahad
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutrition, Isfahan Cardiovascular Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
authors.forename: Noushin
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mohammadifard
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
authors.forename: Zahra
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Bonakdar
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
authors.forename: Akbar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hasanzadeh
keywords: Bone mineral density; diet; nutrition; women