Sex-specific Prevalence and Related Factors of Osteoporosis in Korean Older Adults

The purpose of this study is to analyze the prevalence of osteoporosis according to sex in Korean older adults and to provide basic data for prevention through this. Based on the data from the 2008-2011 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1,325 participants who investigated the bone mineral density test and health survey among adults over 65 years of age were selected. Related factors for osteoporosis were analyzed through complex sample multiple logistic regression analysis. As a result of this study, the prevalence of osteoporosis was 70.52%, and it was 25.06% and 95.01% in men and women, respectively. Related factors for osteoporosis in both men and women were identified as high age and low BMI, and associated factors only in men were low personal income level, blood vitamin D level, aerobic exercise, and diabetes, and low education level and muscle exercise in women. Therefore, lifestyle control and customized disease prevention programs are needed for subjects with risk factors for osteoporosis.