TY  - JOUR
AU  - Mohan, K.B. Kishore 
AU  - Sapthagirivasan, V. 
AU  - Anburajan, M. 
PY  - 2011
TI  - Relationship of Body Composition Parameters with Hip and Fore Arm Bone Mineral Density: An Indian Perspective
JF  - OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences
VL  - 11
IS  - 2
DO  - 10.3844/ojbsci.2011.70.75
UR  - https://thescipub.com/abstract/ojbsci.2011.70.75
AB  - Problem statement: The relationship between obesity and osteoporosis has been widely studied and epidemiological evidence shows that obesity is correlated with increased bone mass. Anthropometric factors such as body height and body weight which are related to body mass index should be considered. Approach: We measured whole body fat mass, fat free mass, muscle mass, Body water, percentage fat mass and body mass index in the South Indian women (n = 178, age = 38.34±13.59) by slim manager N-40 (Body Composition Analyzer, Korea). Bone mineral density was measured at right proximal femoral region of 50 South Indian women (n = 50, age = 50.12±13.73) using the device DPX Prodigy DXA Scanner, GELunar, USA. Similarly, Bone mineral density of fore arm was measured using peripheral dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (Osteometer, DTX-200 Ameritech Inc, USA) for 62 (39.76±13.41) women. Results: Body composition parameters such as body water, muscle mass, fat mass and fat free mass exhibited high significance with weight (p