It is known that osteoporosis decreases physical function in older males. However, the role of metabolic parameters and physical activity influencing older men's bone status remains unclear. Thus, this study was designed to evaluate calcaneus bone mass by ultrasonic screening and the associated physical and metabolic functions in older men. This was a cross-sectional study. Three hundred sixty-eight older men (average age, 78.8 years) living in a veterans' home were enrolled. We measured body height and weight, waist and hip circumference, body fat, lean body mass, blood pressure, 6-min walking distance, complete blood count, and blood biochemical profile. Broadband ultrasound attenuation (BUA) and T-score were recorded using Soundscan quantitative ultrasound over the right calcaneus. The range of calcaneus BUA was 27.3-134.0; T-score was from -4.78 to 3.43. Of the total participants, 36.4% were osteopenic (-2.5 < T-score < -1.0) and 16.3% were osteoporotic (T-score
Identifying subjects with CKD stage 3 by the eGFR equation, especially in stage 3B, is advantageous in detecting the risk of renal failure over the routine clinical assessment that is currently carried out by health management institutions in Taiwan.
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