title: Bone mineral content and estimated total body calcium in normal children and adolescents.
abstract: Bone mineral content in the distal part of the forearm was measured in 301 normal children and adolescents aged from 7-20 years to estimate total body calcium in these age groups. From year 7 to 9 and from year 15 to 20 the mean values in boys were significantly higher than those in girls. In the lower age groups there was a slow increase in estimated total body calcium with age, followed by a sharp increase at the age of puberty.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001827:Body Height; D001830:Body Surface Area; D001835:Body Weight; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000032:analysis*; D002118:Calcium / Q000032:analysis*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005542:Forearm; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008903:Minerals / Q000032:analysis*; D012737:Sex Factors
chemical_list: D008903:Minerals; D002118:Calcium