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- Title
A Population-Based Assessment of Rates of Bone Loss at Multiple Skeletal Sites: Evidence for Substantial Trabecular Bone Loss in Young Adult Women and Men.
- Authors
Riggs, B. Lawrence; Melton, III, L. Joseph; Robb, Richard A.; Camp, Jon J.; Atkinson, Elizabeth J.; McDaniel, Lisa; Amin, Shreyasee; Rouleau, Peggy A.; Khosla, Sundeep
- Abstract
In this article research is presented on the onset of bone loss in young adults. Using the bone scanning method, quantitative computed tomography (QCT), researchers conducted a longitudinal, population-based assessment of bone loss over life at the distal radius, distal tibia, and lumbar spine. Cortical bone loss began in perimenopause in women and later in life in men. In contrast, trabecular bone loss began in young adulthood in both genders.
- Subjects
SEX differences (Biology); OSTEOPOROSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS in women; BONE density; PERIMENOPAUSE; PHYSIOLOGY
- Publication
Journal of Bone & Mineral Research, 2008, Vol 23, Issue 2, p205
- ISSN
0884-0431
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1359/jbmr.071020