Result : The result shows a large group of respondents aged 60-65 years old with a percentage of 18.5% suffers from osteopenia and a percentage of 47.7% suffers from osteoporosis. The data were analyzed by using Chi-square test. Method : This is an observational analytic research which used cross sectional design. Objective : This research aims to identify the correlation between low body mass index (underweight) with bone strength on elderly women. This tool can interpret the patient’s bone strength Standard examination for osteoporosis is bone density examination also known as Bone Mineral Density (BMD). Osteoporosis, Body Mass Index, Bone Density Abstractīackground : Osteoporosis is a degenerative disease that often happend at women in elderly age with low body mass index. Faculty of Medicine, UPN "Veteran" Jakarta
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