ba0001pp352 | Osteoporosis: pathophysiology and epidemiology | ECTS2013
Viljakainen Heli
, Ben-Shlomo Yoav
, Kinra Sanjay
, Ebrahim Shah
, Kuper Hannah
, Radhakrishna KV
, Kulkarni Bharathi
, Tobias Jon
Rural to urban migration is associated with adverse metabolic consequences, but its effect on osteoporosis risk is unclear. We investigated associations between rural to urban migration and bone mineral density (BMD) after accounting for changes in body composition. A cross sectional analysis was performed of ruralurban migrants (RUM) matched with rural non-migrated (RNM) siblings, plus a separate sample of urban-non-migrants (UNM). Participants (n=764, 54% male...