Association of Osteoporosis and Metabolic Syndrome in Older African American, Mexican American, and Non-Hispanic Caucasian Women: A Comparison

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Paper examines the relationship between osteoporosis and metabolic syndrome in different racial/ethnic groups.

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Nwegbo, Peace 2008.

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Paper examines the relationship between osteoporosis and metabolic syndrome in different racial/ethnic groups.

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Abstract: Both osteoporosis and metabolic syndrome affect millions of women. Non-Hispanic Caucasian women are more likely to suffer from osteoporosis when compared to their African American and Mexican American counterparts. However, they have lower incidence levels of metabolic syndrome. Conversely, African American women are at greater risk of metabolic syndrome (obesity, type II diabetes, cardiovascular disease) and are less likely to suffer from osteoporosis than Mexican American and non-Hispanic Caucasian women. Data from women aged 50 years or older from these three racial/ethnic groups in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), a nationally representative data set from 2003–2004, were analyzed. Data from self-reports were used as variables for osteoporosis. Cardiovascular fitness, body composition, lipid factors, and diabetes profiles will be used as variables for metabolic syndrome. The data were related by correlating the overall measures for all three racial/ethnic groups combined and then for each racial/ethnic group separately, and by comparing the levels between each racial/ethnic group using Oneway ANOVAS. There is not much research literature on the possible association between these two illnesses in different racial/ethnic backgrounds. This study examined how physiology and race/ethnicity of older women affect the linkage between osteoporosis and metabolic syndrome. The most noteworthy findings are the association between weight measures and wrist fractures, where those with this type of fracture had significantly lower weight (t = −2.79, σ = 0.005); the association between lipid factors and spinal fractures, where those with spinal fractures had significantly lower total cholesterol (t = −2.047, σ = 0.041); and racial/ethnic differences in osteoporosis and metabolic syndrome components with African American women having greater weight components, lower incidence of osteoporotic fractures, and significant incidence of metabolic syndrome components.

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Nwegbo, Peace. Association of Osteoporosis and Metabolic Syndrome in Older African American, Mexican American, and Non-Hispanic Caucasian Women: A Comparison, article, 2008; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1633141/: accessed May 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .

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