Title: Determination of Bone Mineral Density in Healthy Group of the Han Nationality in Shaoyan,Hunan
Abstract:Objective To understand the peak of bone mass in healthy group of the Han nationality in Shaoyang,Hunan as well as bone mineral density(BMD)at different ages so as to provide the reference data for th...Objective To understand the peak of bone mass in healthy group of the Han nationality in Shaoyang,Hunan as well as bone mineral density(BMD)at different ages so as to provide the reference data for the investigation of bone mass in the whole country.MethodsBi-functional X-ray bone mineral density instrument was used to determine BMD of lumber vertebrae,femurs and tibia of 237 healthy group of either sex,aged from 20 to 70 years,selected randomly.All the obtained data were input into SPSS17.0 software database for the correlative statistical analysis.ResultsThe peak of bone mass of either male or female adults in Shaoyang,Hunan appeared in the age from 30 to 39 years.Bone mass was declined in tendency after 50 years old.Although there was different in BMD in the same region of the body for healthy group of either sex and at any age range,no statistical significant difference presented(P0.05).ConclusionAfter reaching the peak of BMD,BMD gets declining while the age increases.BMD of the skeleton in the same region of body in healthy group of the same sex,but at different age ranges was basically same.The peaks of BMD in different regions of the body were different between the males and females.Read More
Publication Year: 2010
Publication Date: 2010-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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