Data from the US National Health Agency (Osteoporosis Foundation) in 1997 estimatedthat about 25 million Americans suffer from osteoporosis, 80% of which is experienced bywomen. Then in the World Conference on Osteoporosis Caring Society in Beijing in 2009,data from 14 Asian countries will show 50% osteoporosis cases by 2050. There are severalrisk factors that cause osteoporosis in women who are divided into two, among otherfactors that can not be controlled by age, sex, genetics, menopause, race, and controlledfactors such as exercise, caffeine and carbon consumption, calcium intake, corticosteroidmedication, smoking, Body Mass Index, and alcohol consumption. Research ObjectivesEarly detection of factors related to bone mineral density status in women of infertile agein Pekanbaru. This research is a quantitative analytic research, with cross sectionalresearch design. Samples in this study were women of childbearing age who are in thework area Kecamatan Tampan as many as 399 people. Analysis with Chi-Square test ofthe relationship between calcium intake on bone mineral density status in women ofchildbearing age with Pvalue 0,000
MENARA ILMU, Merupakan Jurnal Penelitian dan Kajian Ilmiah yang Diterbitkan Lembaga Penelitian dan Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat Universitas Muhammadiyah Sumatera Barat. Penyunting menerima kiriman naskah hasil kajian dan penelitian untuk bidang Eksakta, pendidikan/sosial dan Agama Islam untuk ...