Aubrey Jolly Graham, Alyssa Platt, Kristian Knutsen, Emily Fletcher, David Gallagher
Impact of geographical cohorting, multidisciplinary rounding and incremental case management support on hospital length of stay and readmission rates: a propensity weighted analysis
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household survey involved determining bone mineral density 254 postmenopausal african women kiambu county kenya prevalence osteoporosis 264 positive association osteoporosis advancing age poverty illiteracy underweight found osteoporosis worldwide health problem high morbidity mortality kenya paucity information magnitude risk profiles risk objective study determine prevalence associated factors osteoporosis among postmenopausal women kenyan periurban population communitybased crosssectional survey involving 254 postmenopausal african women kiambu county kenya carried october 2017 february 2018 multistage random sampling approach adopted households selected sampling subcounties enumeration areas structured questionnaire administered physical examination done recruited participants principal investigator research assistants weight height participants measured bone mineral density determined using dualenergy xray absorptiometry dxa data analyzed using spss statistical software version 210 spss inc mean age women 646 years ranging 50 95 years prevalence osteoporosis 264 osteoporosis associated advancing age p 00001 low socioeconomic status p 0007 lower education level p 00001 underweight bmi 185 p 00001 family history osteoporosis p 0006 caffeine intake p 0002 association osteoporosis occupation marital status age menarche exercise statistically significant prevalence osteoporosis among select women kenya high associated advancing age poverty illiteracy underweight need implement intervention strategies based findings control osteoporosis groups risk