Incidence and risk factors of osteoporotic status in outpatients who underwent gastrectomy for gastric cancer.

Tsutomu NamikawaKeiichiro YokotaJun IwabuMasaya MunekageSunao UemuraShigehiro TsujiiHiromichi MaedaHiroyuki KitagawaTakashi KarashimaMasamitsu KumonKeiji InoueMichiya KobayashiKazuhiro Hanazaki

Published in: JGH open : an open access journal of gastroenterology and hepatology (2020)

Osteoporosis was found in 14.8% of postoperative gastric cancer patients, with female gender, low body weight, and low ALP proposed as risk factors for osteoporosis and thus future bone fracture.

Keyphrases

bone mineral density
body weight
postmenopausal women
body composition
patients undergoing
mental health
current status
soft tissue