BONE DENSITY AMONG AFRICAN AMERICAN RESIDENTS OF OLMSTED COUNTY

奥姆斯特德县非裔美国居民的骨密度

• 批准号: 6264994
• 负责人: L. JOSEPH MELTON
• 金额: $ 2.01万
• 依托单位: MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1998
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1998-12-01 至 1999-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6264994
• 关键词: African; African American; bone density; caucasian American; clinical research; disease /disorder proneness /risk; epidemiology; human subject; osteoporosis; racial /ethnic difference

The purpose of this study is to determine the normal thickness of bone in African-American men and women in Olmsted County. Additionally, we will risk factors for the development of osteoporosis. We have just begun to enroll African-American residents of Olmsted County (10 women and 6 men) in this 4-year prospective study to identify risk factors for bone loss in the African-American population for comparison with risk factors for white men and women in the community. When the baseline studies are complete, we plan to compare bone density levels among African-American residents of the county to those of residents originally from Somalia.

本研究的目的是确定奥姆斯特德县非洲裔美国男性和女性的正常骨厚度。 此外，我们还将探讨骨质疏松症发生的危险因素.我们刚刚开始在这项为期4年的前瞻性研究中招募奥姆斯特德县的非洲裔美国居民（10名女性和6名男性），以确定非洲裔美国人口中骨丢失的风险因素，并与社区中白色男性和女性的风险因素进行比较。 当基线研究完成后，我们计划比较该县非裔美国人居民与索马里居民的骨密度水平。