title: Femoral neck and lumbar spine bone mineral densities in a normal population 3-20 years of age.
abstract: Dual-photon absorptiometry (DPA) with a 153gadolinium radionuclide source was used to measure bone mineral in the lumbar spine of 109 subjects and the femoral neck of 100 subjects 3-20 years of age. From the scan data collected, multiple linear regression models were developed to predict the measured bone mineral density values as a function of age, height, and weight; male and female data were evaluated separately. From the table of predicted values, a particular subject's bone mineral measurements can be readily compared with that of normal subjects in the same way "growth charts" are commonly used to assess development.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112.
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Cook
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Bennett
authors.forename: T S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Whitecloud
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Rice
mesh_terms: D015502:Absorptiometry, Photon; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D015519:Bone Density; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D005260:Female; D005272:Femur Neck / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000737:chemistry*; D008297:Male; D008903:Minerals / Q000032:analysis*; D012016:Reference Values; D012044:Regression Analysis
chemical_list: D008903:Minerals