Effects of lifestyle factors on stiffness index of calcaneus measured by quantitative ultrasound system among Japanese women aged 40 years and over: The Hizen-Oshima Study

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 201, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 97-107

  Zhang, Yong ^a   Aoyagi, Kiyoshi ^a   Honda, Sumihisa ^a   Yahata, Yuichiro ^b   Yoshimi, Itsuro ^c   Kusano, Yosuke ^a   Takamura, Noboru ^a   Kobayashi, Minatsu ^c   Moji, Kazuhiko ^a   Takemoto, Tai Ichiro ^d  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AKITA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d NAGASAKI INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calcaneus; Japanese; Lifestyle factors; Stiffness index; Women

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALCANEUS; CALCIUM INTAKE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JAPAN; LIFESTYLE; MENOPAUSE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RIGIDITY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BODY MASS INDEX; CALCANEUS; CALCIUM, DIETARY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIFE STYLE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 10744221978     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.201.97     Document Type: Article

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