Effects of dietary factors on menopausal osteoporosis

Objective To study the effects of dietary factors on menopausal osteoporoSis and to provide suggestions for menopausal women.Methods A total of 281 menopausal women aged 50-65 years were randomly selected from Harb in city.Questionnaire survey was used to collect data and dual energy X-ray absorptiometry(DEXA) was used to measure bone mineral den sity (BMD) of the spine,lEfthip,and body.The data was validated with Epidata 3.1 and analyzed using SAS9.1.Univariate logistic regression analysis were performed totest the associations between 79 kinds of food and menopausal osteoporosis.After adjusting for age and weight,stepwise multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed to test the impact of diet on menopausal osteopo rosis.Results Univariate logistic regression analysis showed that eating coarsefood grain(> 100g/d) (odds ratio OR=2.141) and vermice lli(> 50 g/d) (OR=1.649) were risk factors for menopa usal osteoporosis,whereas eating bacon belly (OR=0.543),chicken claw (OR=0.605),banana (> 25 g/d) (OR=0.588) and melon vegetable(> 75 g/d) (OR=0.585) were protective factors form enopausal osteoporosis.Multiple logistic regression analysis showed that eating coarse food grain(> 100 g/d) and drinking coke were risk factors form enopausal osteoporosis,whereas eating bacon belly,melon vegetable(> 75 g/d) and kale vegetable(> 10 g/d) were protective factors formeno pausal osteoporosis.Conclusion In order to prevent menopausal osteo porosis,we suggest menopausal women eating more melon vegetable and kale vegetable,appropriate amount of coarse food grain and bacon belly and not drinking coke.