A community-based cross-sectional study for relationship of frequency of vegetables intake and osteoporosis in a Chinese postmenopausal women sample

BMC Women's Health

Research Article

Fangfang Zeng¹  Zihui Tang²  Keqin Zhang²  Najia Liu³ 

[1] Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Fudan University Huashan Hospital, Shanghai, China;Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shanghai Tongji Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, 200065, Shanghai, China;Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shanghai Tongji Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, 200065, Shanghai, China;Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Fudan University Huashan Hospital, Shanghai, China;

关键词: Frequency;    Vegetables intake;    Osteoporosis;    Chinese postmenopausal women;    Association;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12905-016-0307-5

 received in 2015-07-08, accepted in 2016-05-21,  发布年份 2016

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundThe main purpose of this study was to explore the associations between frequency of vegetables intake and osteoporosis (OP) in Chinese postmenopausal women.MethodsWe conducted a large-scale, community-based, cross-sectional study to investigate the associations by using self-report questionnaire to access frequency of vegetables intake. The total of 1903 participants was available to data analysis in this study. Multiple regression models to include frequency of vegetables variable were performed to investigate the relationships for OP, after controlling for confounding factors.ResultsMultiple regression analysis indicated that the frequency of vegetables intake was independently and significantly associated with OP (P < 0.1 for model 1 and model 2). The postmenopausal women with high frequency of vegetables intake had a higher prevalence of OP.ConclusionThe findings indicated that frequency of vegetables intake was independently and significantly associated with OP. The prevalence of OP was more frequent in Chinese postmenopausal women preferring vegetables food habits.Trial registration(ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02451397; date of registration: 2015-05-28).

【 授权许可】

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