title: A study of the decrease of skin collagen content, skin thickness, and bone mass in the postmenopausal woman.
abstract: The skin collagen content, skin thickness, metacarpal index, and forearm bone mineral content in postmenopausal women showed a similar decline of between 1-2% per year after the menopause. All four parameters showed a decline that was significant when compared with the years from the menopause. Significant correlations between all four parameters suggest that a similar pathology causes the decrease in bone mass and skin thickness--a decline in the connective tissue element that is common to both bone and skin.
mesh_terms: D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000032:analysis*; D003094:Collagen / Q000032:analysis*; D005260:Female; D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D006909:Hydroxyproline / Q000032:analysis; D008593:Menopause; D008663:Metacarpus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012867:Skin / Q000032:analysis* / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
chemical_list: D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone; D003094:Collagen; D006909:Hydroxyproline