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TWU Institute for Women’s Health Searches for Participants
of Bone Density Study for 25-year follow-up
08/09/06
DENTON —
Researchers at Texas Woman’s University’s Institute
for Women’s Health (IWH) are asking people who participated
in bone density tests at TWU 25 years ago to return to Denton
for a follow-up test that will assess their current risk of
developing osteoporosis.
These individuals
participated in a bone density study at the university around
1980 under the direction of the TWU Department of Nutrition
and Food Sciences. They were asked about diet, reproductive
history and any bone fractures. The subjects also had the
bone density of their hands and forearms measured.
The latest study
is titled “A Fifty-year Follow-up Study of Longitudinal
Changes of Bone Mineral Density,” and its purpose is
to investigate the longitudinal bone mineral density changes
of participants who originally participated in research conducted
by Pauline Beery Mack (1950s) and Alice Miner, Betty Alford
and Ginger Brewer (1980s). A secondary purpose is to collect
anthropometric and lifestyle variables from all individuals
to determine if these factors are predictors of bone density.
Anyone who participated
in the project or knows someone who did is asked to call the
TWU Institute for Women's Health at 940-898-2792.
The Institute for
Women’s Health, formerly known as the Center for Research
on Women’s Health, was established on the TWU-Denton
campus in 1993.The
mission of the IWH has always been to gather data and disseminate
information that will lead to cost-effective disease prevention
and health maintenance programs for women and girls.
In 2003, the IWH
joined the College of Health Sciences. The IWH serves as a
research and education resource for TWU’s health professions
programs on the Denton campus. For more information, visit
www.twu.edu/womenshealth.
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For Further
Information Contact:
Amanda McKeen Simpson
Director of News and Information
Tel: (940) 898-3456
e-mail: asimpson1@twu.edu |
