Total body bone mineral in light-for-gestational-age infants and appropriate-for-gestational-age infants.
Dual-photon-absorptiometry using 153Gd in a whole body scanner was used to measure total body bone mineral in 51 newborn infants. In preterm light-for-gestational-age infants total body bone mineral was 12.6 g v.s. 25.6 g in preterm appropriate-for-gestational-age infants (p less than 0.05). In term light-for-gestational-age infants total body bone mineral was 41.4 g v. 84.2 g in term appropriate-for-gestational-age infants (p less than 0.001). The correlations between gestational age and total body bone mineral was best described by exponential regression lines.
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Department of Paediatrics, University of Copenhagen, Glostrup Hospital, Denmark.
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D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000032:analysis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005682:Gadolinium; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn / Q000378:metabolism*; D007236:Infant, Small for Gestational Age / Q000378:metabolism*; D008903:Minerals / Q000032:analysis*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging
D008903:Minerals; D005682:Gadolinium