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Community-based survey of low quantitative ultrasound values of calcaneus in Taiwan
Nan-Ping Yang1, Tsann Lin, Chong-Shan Wang
1Community Medicine Research Center and Institute of Public Health, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
Abstract:
This study investigated prevalence and associated-factors of low quantitative ultrasound (QUS) values by screening calcaneal QUS parameters--broadband ultrasound attenuation (BUA) and speed of sound (SOS)--in population samples of three different Taiwanese communities. The study included 6,322 subjects (2,631 male and 3,691 female), aged 31 yr old or more in Shih-Pai (a metropolitan area in northern Taiwan),Yu-Chi (a mountain area in central Taiwan), and A-Lein (a seaside area in southern Taiwan). The overall response rate was 50.2%. The correlation between BUA and SOS was 0.684, p<0.001. From those who responded, we selected 403 subjects aged 31-40 yr as the reference (the young group), and their BUA was 65.34+/-7.91 dB/MHz. The t-score was calculated from the BUA data of our reference group. The percentile of -2.5
