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This study contributes preliminary osteoporosis risk data for a rural <jats:italic>Colono<\/jats:italic> (mestizo) population from Amazonian Ecuador.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Anthropometrics were collected for 119 adult participants (74 females, 45 males [50\u201390 years old]). Heel bone density and <jats:italic>T<\/jats:italic>\u2010scores were recorded using calcaneal ultrasonometry<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Approximately, 33.6% of the participants had low bone density and were at high\u2010risk for osteoporosis. Four times as many females as males were considered high\u2010risk. 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