caa a22 4500 467934231 CHVBK 20180406152952.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e20060201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10900-005-8186-y doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10900-005-8186-y Bone Health of Immigrant Chinese Women Living in New York City [Elektronische Daten] [Rajeev Babbar, Anuj Handa, Chung-man Lo, Sally Guttmacher, Richard Shindledecker, Waiwah Chung, Cathy Fong, Henrietta Ho-Asjoe, Rengina Chan-Ting, L. Dixon] Osteoporosis is a serious national and global public health problem, but data on bone health are limited for Asian women living in the U.S., the majority of whom are Chinese. For this study, we measured bone mineral density (BMD) by dual energy X-ray densitometry (DXA) at the lumbar spine and hip region in 300 immigrant Chinese women, ages 40-90y, living in New York City. We also collected demographic and health data, information about knowledge and care for osteoporosis, and anthropometric measures, and estimated calcium intake from the women. In our sample, 55% had osteoporosis and 38% had low bone mass (osteopenia). Older age, lower body mass index (BMI), and shorter height were associated with lower BMD at all sites. Years lived in the U.S. and number of children were also associated with lower BMD of the lumbar spine. Chinese women who emigrated from Mainland China had lower BMD at the lumbar spine and femoral neck than Chinese women who emigrated from Hong Kong, after adjusting for potential confounders. Both groups of immigrant women had lower BMD at all sites than a national sample of U.S. Caucasian women. Although the women in our study had generally poor knowledge about osteoporosis, most could identify at least one food rich in calcium. The large number of immigrant Chinese women in New York City with osteoporosis calls for major efforts to increase awareness, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of this condition in this susceptible population. Springer Science+Business Media, Inc., 2006 bone mineral density nationallicence Chinese women nationallicence immigrant nationallicence osteopenia nationallicence osteoporosis nationallicence Babbar Rajeev Department of Medicine, New York Downtown Hospital, 150 Essex Street, 10002, New York, NY aut Handa Anuj Anuj B. Handa, Manchester, United Kingdom aut Lo Chung-man Chung-man Lo, Hong Kong, China aut Guttmacher Sally Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health, New York University, New York, NY aut Shindledecker Richard Department of Medicine, New York Downtown Hospital, 150 Essex Street, 10002, New York, NY aut Chung Waiwah Chinese Community Partnership for Health, New York Downtown Hospital, New York, NY aut Fong Cathy Department of Medicine, New York Downtown Hospital, 150 Essex Street, 10002, New York, NY aut Ho-Asjoe Henrietta Center for the Study of Asian American Health, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY aut Chan-Ting Rengina Geriatrics at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY aut Dixon L. Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health, New York University, New York, NY aut Journal of Community Health Kluwer Academic Publishers-Human Sciences Press 31/1(2006-02-01), 7-23 0094-5145 31:1<7 2006 31 10900 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10900-005-8186-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10900-005-8186-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Babbar Rajeev Department of Medicine, New York Downtown Hospital, 150 Essex Street, 10002, New York, NY aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Handa Anuj Anuj B. Handa, Manchester, United Kingdom aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lo Chung-man Chung-man Lo, Hong Kong, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Guttmacher Sally Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health, New York University, New York, NY aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Shindledecker Richard Department of Medicine, New York Downtown Hospital, 150 Essex Street, 10002, New York, NY aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Chung Waiwah Chinese Community Partnership for Health, New York Downtown Hospital, New York, NY aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Fong Cathy Department of Medicine, New York Downtown Hospital, 150 Essex Street, 10002, New York, NY aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ho-Asjoe Henrietta Center for the Study of Asian American Health, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Chan-Ting Rengina Geriatrics at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Dixon L. Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health, New York University, New York, NY aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Community Health Kluwer Academic Publishers-Human Sciences Press 31/1(2006-02-01), 7-23 0094-5145 31:1<7 2006 31 10900 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer