ba0005p357 | Osteoporosis: pathophysiology and epidemiology | ECTS2016
Kruger Marlena
, Kruger Salome
, Wright Hattie
, Schutte Willem
, Kruger Iolanthe
South African studies indicated that urban Black and White women have similar bone turnover. However, urban Black women had low bone mass and greater exposure to lifestyle risk factors for bone disease. The purpose of this prospective study was to assess changes in bone turnover, parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels, bone health (forearm, hip and lumbar spine bone mineral density) in urban black South African women over 3 years. Black, urban postmenopausal women (n=144, &...