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10450407

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-8-31
pubmed:abstractText
This study characterizes the rates of growth and loss of bone mass as a function of age in white females. It combines longitudinal data from several studies of bone mass on healthy white female subjects ranging from age 6 to 90 years. Rates of change in bone area, bone mineral content (BMC) and bone mineral density (BMD) are estimated separately for the spine and the femoral neck of each individual using linear regression. The individual rates of change are then fitted as a nonparametric function of age using weighted moving averages, resulting in a curve of age-specific mean change as a function of age. When the curves of BMD were compared between the hip and the femoral neck, the cessation of bone growth and the onset of bone loss were found to occur at an earlier age at the hip than at the spine. No significant differences in the ages of maximum rates of growth or maximum loss were found between the two skeletal sites. This information will be useful for designing interventions to promote bone growth or retard bone loss.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0937-941X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
9
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
200-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Rates of growth and loss of bone mineral in the spine and femoral neck in white females.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.