Association between Body Mass Index and Bone Mineral Density in Patients Referred for Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry Scan in Ajman, UAE.pdfVIP

SAGE-Hindawi Access to Research Journal of Osteoporosis Volume 2011, Article ID 876309, 4 pages doi:10.4061/2011/876309 Clinical Study Association between Body Mass Index and Bone Mineral Density in Patients Referred for Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry Scan in Ajman, UAE Tarek Fawzy,1 Jayakumary Muttappallymyalil,2 Jayadevan Sreedharan,2 Amal Ahmed,2 Salma Obaid Saeed Alshamsi,2 Mariyam Saif Salim Humaid Bin Bader Al Ali,2 and Khawla Ahmed Al Balsooshi2 1 Department of Radiodiagnosis, Gulf Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, P.O. Box 4184, Ajman, UAE 2 Research Division, Gulf Medical University, P.O. Box 4184, Ajman, UAE Correspondence should be addressed to Jayadevan Sreedharan, drjayadevans@ Received 24 July 2010; Revised 30 October 2010; Accepted 23 March 2011 Academic Editor: Stuarts L. Silverman Copyright © 2011 Tarek Fawzy et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Body Mass Index (BMI) is a good indicator for measurements of Bone Mineral Density (BMD) which measures the density of minerals present in the bones using a special scan. This study was conducted to assess the association between BMI and status of BMD among 101 individuals who underwent Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DEXA) scan. 39 subjects had normal and 62 had low bone mineral density. BMD was low in 82.4% of people with normal BMI, 78.1% among overweight, and 44.2% among obese. There was a statistically significant association between these two variables (P .001). Low BMD was recorded in 59.1% of females and 76.9% of males. Association between advancing age and lower BMI is an important risk factor in the occurrence o