2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

A follow-up study of the body composition associated with the change of the bone mineral density in young adult females with low forearm bone mineral density

Research Project

Project/Area Number	20791772
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Community health/Gerontological nurisng
Research Institution	Kumamoto University
Principal Investigator	ARIMATSU Misao Kumamoto University, 大学院・生命科学研究部, 助教 (50289659)
Project Period (FY)	2008 – 2010
Keywords	追跡調査 / 低骨密度
Research Abstract	This study is the follow-up of the research we have done to examine how the change of physical characteristics, menstruation and childbirth affect the change of bone mineral density. The subjects are the females whose forearm bone mineral density were low when they were young adults. The degree of the change of their bone mineral density for the last 10 years varied with the regions measured. It was shown that the change of their bone mineral density was associated with the change of their BMI. The reason for this may be that the weight gain has loaded the bones to increase the density.