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- Title
Salty food preference is associated with osteoporosis among Chinese men.
- Authors
Zhong-Hua Liu; Zi-Hui Tang; Ke-Qin Zhang; Ling Shi; Liu, Zhong-Hua; Tang, Zi-Hui; Zhang, Ke-Qin; Shi, Ling
- Abstract
<bold>Background and Objectives: </bold>The main purpose of this study was to evaluate the associations between salty food preference and osteoporosis (OP) in general Chinese men.<bold>Methods and Study Design: </bold>We conducted a largescale, community-based, cross-sectional study to estimate the associations by using self-report questionnaire to evaluate the salty food preference. The total of 1,092 men was available to data analysis in this study. Multiple regression models controlling for confounding factors to include salty food preference variables were employed to explore the relationships for OP.<bold>Results: </bold>We found negative correlations between preference for salty food and T-score (p=0.006). Multiple regression analysis showed that the preference for salty food was significantly positively associated with OP (p<0.05 for all). The men with preference for salty food habits had a higher prevalence of OP.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>The findings indicated that salty food preference was independently and significantly associated with OP. The prevalence of OP was more frequent in Chinese men preferring salty food habits.
- Subjects
CHINA; FOOD preferences; OSTEOPOROSIS; MEN; SALT content of food; DISEASE prevalence; SALT; SEX distribution; LOGISTIC regression analysis; CROSS-sectional method
- Publication
Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2016, Vol 25, Issue 4, p871
- ISSN
0964-7058
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.6133/apjcn.102015.06