title: [Age and sex specific differences in bone density of 4,000-year-old individuals. Bone density measurement of early Bronze Age femurs from excavations in Unterhautzenthal, Lower Austria].
abstract: Bone density measurements of 14 individuals (early Bronze Age, 2200-1600 BC), analyzed by dual-energy absorptiometry, showed a distinct difference between women and men. In men, there was a high bone density (+17.9%-0.290 g/cm2 difference). In females, a constant decrease in bone density was found after the age of 20-25 years (from 1.2 g/cm2 at 20 years to 0.8 g/cm2 at 40 years of age). With caution, the results are comparable with those of the present time.
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D001317:Austria; D015519:Bone Density; D005260:Female; D005269:Femur / Q000473:pathology*; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000266:history*; D015663:Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal / Q000266:history; D010164:Paleopathology; D012727:Sex Characteristics
vernacular_title: Alters- und geschlechtsspezifische Unterschiede der Knochendichte von 4000 Jahre alten Individuen. Knochendichtemessung an frühbronzezeitlichen Femora von Ausgrabungen aus Unterhautzenthal, NO.