Bone Mineral Density, Anthropometric Indices, and the Prevalence of Osteoporosis in Northern (Beijing) Chinese and Southern (Hong Kong) Chinese Women--The Largest Comparative Study to Date.

This study was designed to compare the bone mineral density (BMD) and the prevalence of osteoporosis in community-dwelling women (aged 50-89) living in Northern (Beijing) and Southern (Hong Kong) China. Six thousand ninety-nine ambulatory Chinese women living in Hong Kong and 6302 mainland Chinese women living in Beijing were recruited for the study. The BMD was found to be 2.