title: The relationship of frequency of meat consumption and osteoporosis in Chinese postmenopausal women.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This study was aimed at evaluating the associations between frequency of meat food intake and osteoporosis (OP) in general Chinese postmenopausal women.
  
  
  METHODS
  We conducted a large-scale, community-based, cross-sectional study to investigate the associations by using self-report questionnaire to access frequency of meat food intake. The total of 1905 participants was available to data analysis in this study. Multiple regression models controlling for confounding factors to include frequency of meat food intake variable were performed to investigate the relationships for OP.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Positive correlations between frequency of meat food intake and T-score were reported (β = 0.12, P value < 0.001). Multiple regression analysis indicated that the frequency of meat food intake was significantly associated with OP (P < 0.1 for model 1 and model 2). The postmenopausal women with high frequency of meat food intake had a lower prevalence of OP.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The findings indicated that frequency of meat food intake was independently and significantly associated with OP. The prevalence of OP was less frequent in Chinese postmenopausal women preferring meat food habits.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergence, The First Hospital Affiliated to South China University Hengyang, Hunan, China.
authors.forename: Guo-Zhong
authors.initials: GZ
authors.lastname: Qing
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergence, The First Hospital Affiliated to South China University Hengyang, Hunan, China.
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergence, The First Hospital Affiliated to South China University Hengyang, Hunan, China.
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yi
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shanghai Tongji Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Ke-Qin
authors.initials: KQ
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shanghai Tongji Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Zi-Hui
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Tang
keywords: Chinese postmenopausal women; Frequency; association; meat food intake; osteoporosis