title: [The relationship between calcaneus bone mineral density and metabolic syndrome].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the association between calcaneus bone mineral density (BMD) and metabolic syndrome (MS).
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional study was carried out in 5 552 subjects with 1 987 men and 3 565 women (age:40-87 years old). MS was defined according to Chinese Diabetes Society criteria. BMD was assessed by quantitative ultrasound.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The proportion of MS was 29.0% in male and 24.4% in female. There were no differences in BMD between MS and non-MS subjects in both genders. Linear trend analysis displayed that BMD was positively associated with the increase of MS components in post-menopausal women after adjustment of age, ALT, creatinine and exercises (P < 0.05). Moreover, multiple regression analysis showed that BMD was inversely correlated with age (β = -0.034, P < 0.001) and positively correlated with BMI (β = 0.046, P = 0.001) , TG (β = 0.066, P = 0.034) and systolic blood pressure (SBP) (β = 0.007, P = 0.039) in post-menopausal women with MS.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  BMD tended to increase with the numbers of MS components in post-menopausal women. It was positively correlated with BMI, TG and SBP in postmenopausal women with MS.
authors.forename: Qihong
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authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Jianming
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authors.forename: Weijun
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authors.lastname: Dou
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology, the PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China. Email: muyiming@301hospital.com.cn.
authors.forename: Yiming
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authors.lastname: Mu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001794:Blood Pressure; D015519:Bone Density; D002111:Calcaneus; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome; D008875:Middle Aged