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Adequate knowledge and positive health beliefs regarding osteoporosis will encourage individuals to adopt measures to protect bone health. This study aimed to investigate the association between knowledge, beliefs, and practices regarding osteoporosis and bone health among Malaysians Chinese aged 40 years and above. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 367 Malaysians Chinese (182 men, 185 women) aged \u2265 40 years in Klang Valley, Malaysia. They completed a questionnaire on knowledge, beliefs, and practices of osteoporosis and underwent bone mineral density scan using a dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry device. The subjects showed moderate knowledge and high level of health beliefs regarding osteoporosis, but poor osteoprotective practices. Osteoporosis knowledge and beliefs were significantly different based on subjects\u2019 demographic characteristics (p &lt; 0.05). Additionally, osteoporosis knowledge was correlated positively with beliefs, coffee or tea intake (p &lt; 0.05) but not with other lifestyle practices. Osteoporosis health beliefs was associated positively with physical activity, dairy and calcium intake (p &lt; 0.05). However, bone health was not associated with knowledge, beliefs and practices regarding osteoporosis (p &gt; 0.05). The present findings highlight the need of formulating osteoporosis prevention program targeting Malaysians Chinese, especially men, to improve their knowledge, health beliefs, and practice.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijerph16101787","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,5,20]],"date-time":"2019-05-20T11:05:07Z","timestamp":1558350307000},"page":"1787","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":17,"title":["Knowledge, Beliefs, Dietary, and Lifestyle Practices Related to Bone Health among Middle-Aged and Elderly Chinese in Klang Valley, Malaysia"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"16","author":[{"given":"Chin Yi","family":"Chan","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pharmacology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Cheras 56000, Malaysia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Shaanthana","family":"Subramaniam","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pharmacology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Cheras 56000, Malaysia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6628-1552","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Kok-Yong","family":"Chin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pharmacology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Cheras 56000, Malaysia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9655-438X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Soelaiman","family":"Ima-Nirwana","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pharmacology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Cheras 56000, Malaysia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Norliza","family":"Muhammad","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pharmacology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Cheras 56000, Malaysia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ahmad","family":"Fairus","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Anatomy, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Cheras 56000, Malaysia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Abdul Manap","family":"Mohd Rizal","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Community Health, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Cheras 56000, Malaysia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Pei Yuan","family":"Ng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Pharmacy, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Campus, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, Kuala Lumpur 50300, Malaysia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5689-0730","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jamil","family":"Nor Aini","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Health Science, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Campus, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, Kuala Lumpur 50300, Malaysia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Noorazah Abd","family":"Aziz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Family Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Cheras 56000, Malaysia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2480-0224","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Norazlina","family":"Mohamed","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pharmacology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Cheras 56000, Malaysia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,5,20]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1726","DOI":"10.1007\/s00198-006-0172-4","article-title":"An Estimate of the worldwide prevalence and disability associated with osteoporotic fractures","volume":"17","author":"Johnell","year":"2006","journal-title":"Osteoporos. 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