TY - JOUR T1 - The prevalence of osteoporosis in 20-69 years old women in Bushehr port TT - سنجش تراکم استخوانی در زنان 69-20 ساله بندر بوشهر JF - ISMJ JO - ISMJ VL - 7 IS - 1 UR - http://ismj.bpums.ac.ir/article-1-85-en.html Y1 - 2004 SP - 61 EP - 69 KW - osteoporosis KW - women KW - bone density KW - menopause N2 - Osteoporosis is an increasing important health problem in the world. The diagnosis of osteoporosis is made by determining that the patient has low bone density, usually by a Dual Energy X-ray Absortiometry (DEXA) measurement. In order to reveal the prevalence of osteoporosis in 20-69 years old women in Bushehr port using DEXA measurements in three parts of femoral sites and lumbar (L2-L4) area, 588 females from 13 clusters were randomly selected. The mean of bone mineral densities were 1.005 (0.171) and 0.794 (0.147) gram/cm2 in lumbar and femoral areas, respectively. The bone mineral densities decreased by increasing in age (p M3 ER -