Measurements of Alterations in Bone Mineral Density, and Body Composition in a Group of Type-2 Diabetic Women

Volume 19 No 7 (2021)

Khalid Ghanim Majeed, Muthanna Hashim Dawood , Ali Khairaldeen Mohialdeen

DOI: 10.14704/nq.2021.19.7.NQ21083

Abstract

Aim: To assess the body composition of fat mass, lean mass, visceral fat mass, and total body water in DM patients and compares their findings with a healthy control group. Material and Methods: A total of 86 people including 40 diabetes Mellitus type 2 matched for sex and age with 46 healthy control participated in the study. BMDs of the lumbar vertebrae and the hip regions like (total femur, femoral neck) were assessed using the DXA technique. The mean age of (DM) group was 59 ± 11.82 years, the height 1.55 ± 0.05 m., the weight 80.82 ± 13.25 kg, and BMI 33.81 ± 6.76 kg/m2.

Keywords

Diabetic, Bone Density, DXA, BIA, Fat Mass

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