Bone-mineral content of the femoral neck and spine versus the radius or ulna.
The interrelationship between the bone-mineral content of sites on the radius or ulna and that of the femoral neck and lower thoracic vertebrae of twenty-four human skeletons was determined. The average correlation coefficients, -/r, were 0.82 and 0.57. Regression analysis showed that the bone-mineral content of the radius provides a good estimate of the bone-mineral content of the femoral neck (standard error of estimate approximately 16 per cent). Multiple regression analysis using the age of the subject and the bone-mineral content of the radius provides an equation with a similar standard error of estimate for the vertebrae.
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005272:Femur Neck / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008903:Minerals / Q000032:analysis*; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D011884:Radius / Q000032:analysis*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000032:analysis*; D014457:Ulna / Q000032:analysis*
D008903:Minerals