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ArticleJournal of health care for the poor and underserved2016

Bone Mineral Density in Navajo Men and Women and Comparison to Non-Hispanic Whites from NHANES (2005-2008).

Karla Miller, Tracy Frech, Tom Greene, Khe-Ni Ma, Molly McFadden, Lillian Tom-Orme, Martha L Slattery, Maureen A Murtaugh

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Article in Journal of health care for the poor and underserved, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Karla Miller
Tracy Frech
Tom Greene
Khe-Ni Ma
Molly McFadden
Lillian Tom-Orme
Martha L Slattery
Maureen A Murtaugh

Funding

A PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF ALASKA NATIVES &AMERICAN INDIANSR01CA088958 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI SLATTERY, MARTHA L · 2001 to 2006
$11.1M
Prospective Study of Alaska Natives and American IndiansR01CA096095 · NCI · ALASKA NATIVE TRIBAL HEALTH CONSORTIUM · PI LANIER, ANNE P · 2001 to 2005
$6.4M
PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF ALASKA NATIVES &AMERICAN INDIANSR01CA089139 · NCI · BLACK HILLS CTR/AMERICAN INDIAN HEALTH · PI HENDERSON, JEFFREY A · 2001 to 2005
$5.6M
Navajo Bone Health StudyR01AR052466 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI MURTAUGH, MAUREEN A · 2006 to 2009
$2.1M
AIAN Cohort Physical Activity Questionnaire ValidationR03CA106218 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI MURTAUGH, MAUREEN A · 2003 to 2004
$150k
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA088958NCI NIH HHS R01 CA089139NCI NIH HHS R01 CA096095NCI NIH HHS R03 CA106218NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR052466
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo describe bone mineral density (BMD) at the hip and spine and prevalence of low bone mass and osteoporosis in Navajo men and women across age, gender, and body mass index (BMI) compared with non-Hispanic (NH) Whites from NHANES (2005-2008).

methodsCross-sectional dual energy x-ray absorptiometry measurements at the hip and spine in 1,097 participants from the Education and Research Towards Health study.

resultsBone mineral density was lower among younger Navajo than NH-Whites at lower BMI, and in overweight, younger men at lumbar spine and total hip. Spine BMD was lower in Navajo women, across BMI. Prevalence of low bone mass and osteoporosis in Navajo was higher than NH-Whites, particularly among women.

conclusionsFurther research is needed to understand if lower BMD among younger Navajo signals a risk for future fracture, and fracture risk relative to BMD, given the challenges in health care access and fracture morbidity among minorities.

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Bone DensityIndians, North AmericanNutrition SurveysAbsorptiometry, PhotonCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMaleOsteoporosisWhite People

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PMID27180701
PMCPMC7590421
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