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Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine
Published in: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 4/2013

01-07-2013 | Regular Article

A cross-sectional survey of factors influencing bone mass in junior high school students

Authors: Yuka Tamura, Isao Saito, Yasuhiko Asada, Taro Kishida, Masamitsu Yamaizumi, Tadahiro Kato

Published in: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine | Issue 4/2013

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Abstract

Objective

The purpose of this study is to investigate factors influencing the osteo-sono assessment index (OSI) in junior high school students (boys, girls who had reached menarche, and girls who had not).

Methods

A total of 9,743 students (4,974 boys and 4,769 girls) in Ehime Prefecture participated in this study. We measured body mass index (BMI) and calcaneal bone mass using OSI. In parallel, participants answered a questionnaire relating to age, sex, menarche, exercise habits, milk intake, and history of bone fractures during the preceding year. To determine the factors influencing OSI, we calculated an individual standardized partial regression coefficient (β) using multiple linear regression (MLR) analysis.

Results

For boys, MLR showed that BMI (β = 0.300), age (β = 0.260), current exercise habits (β = 0.106), and milk intake per day in primary school (β = 0.085) statistically significantly influenced OSI. For girls who had reached menarche, BMI (β = 0.302), current exercise habits (β = 0.237), age (β = 0.140), and bone fracture during the preceding year (β = 0.036) influenced OSI. For girls who had not reached menarche, current exercise habits (β = 0.242), BMI (β = 0.135), and age (β = 0.085) influenced OSI.

Conclusions

There were differences between the factors related to OSI among boys, girls who had reached menarche, and girls who had not. BMI, exercise habits, and age were the common factors related to OSI. Particularly for girls, exercise habits had a great influence on OSI.
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Metadata
Title
A cross-sectional survey of factors influencing bone mass in junior high school students
Authors
Yuka Tamura
Isao Saito
Yasuhiko Asada
Taro Kishida
Masamitsu Yamaizumi
Tadahiro Kato
Publication date
01-07-2013
Publisher
Springer Japan
Published in
Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine / Issue 4/2013
Print ISSN: 1342-078X
Electronic ISSN: 1347-4715
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12199-012-0322-6

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