Height change and bone mineral density: revisited.

Purpose: To evaluate the relationship between height change, osteoporosis risk factors, and bone mineral density.

Sample: Secondary data collected on 168 healthy women, ages 50 to 65 years, who had a dual energy x-ray absorptiometry screening of the hip and spine to determine bone mineral density.

Method: A quantitative secondary analysis of data that replicated in part a study by Hunt (1996).