| dc.description.abstract | Introduction : Singh index is classification of trabecular pattern on proximal femur which be
observed with x-ray. This method can be used to detect an osteoporosis. Smoking has been found
since 1976 that being able to decrease bone density. Many research have been done to see the
affect of smoking to bone density which measure by DEXA-scan, but there were not much
research of it by using Singh index.
Material & Method: Ihis is a cross sectional study petformed at Haji Adam Malik Medan
Hospital. Samples were divided into two groups, smoking and non-smoking groups with 43
persons in each group. Every person in the smoking group were noted the cigarette type, duration
of smoking, & the frequency of smoking. Then the Singh index value was evaluated from the
pelvic x-ray in all samples.
Results : There was a significant correlation between smoking & the Singh index value
(p=0,002). The duration of smoking directly affect the Singh index (p=0,001). But there were no
correlation between the cigarette type (p=0,932) & the frequency of smoking (p=0,259) with the
Singh index.
Conclusion : It has been found that smoking has a significant correlation with the Singh index
value, where smoking group has a lower Singh index value compare to non-smoking group | en_US |
