Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry in the lumbar spine, proximal femur and distal radius in children.
Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry was used to measure bone mineral density (BMD) in the lumbar spine, proximal femur and distal radius in 48 Japanese children aged 3-18 years. In the normal children (n = 32), BMD increased with age in all locations, with a nearly twofold increase from preschool age to adolescence. Most of the children with chronic diseases known to affect bone metabolism (e.g., steroid osteoporosis) (n = 16) had low BMD in every region, indicating that these disease states probably affect multiple sites of the skeleton in children.
Tsukahara
H
H
Department of Pediatrics, Fukui Medical School, Japan.
Sudo
M
M
Umezaki
M
M
Hiraoka
M
M
Yamamoto
K
K
Ishii
Y
Y
Haruki
S
S
D015502:Absorptiometry, Photon; D000293:Adolescent; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology; D015519:Bone Density; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005269:Femur / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology; D011884:Radius / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology; D012016:Reference Values