Prevalence of primary osteoporosis in the middle aged and elderly population in parts of China / 中华骨科杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the distribution of prevalence of primary osteoporosis (POP) in the middle aged and the elderly in parts of China. Methods Bone mineral density (BMD) was measured and questionnaire was surveyed from 5 602 people aged above 40 years old in five administrative areas in China, by the stratified multi steps cluster sampling method. Results The total prevalence of POP in these population was 12.4％ according to the most significant parts of the accumulation lose rate. Among them, the prevalence was 8.5％ in male and 15.7％ in female(P