[Age-related transformation of bone metabolism].
Bone mass reaches peak bone mass by the age of about from eighteen to twenty in men and women, since then it is reduced with aging every year. Decrease in bone mass with aging is classified postmenopausal osteoporosis and senile osteoporosis of involutional osteoporosis. Bone mass is reduced suddenly in menopausal period on postmenopausal osteoporosis, but it is reduced slowly in men and women on senile osteoporosis. We will give an outline of age-related transformation of bone metabolism classified from growth period to maturity period, menopausal period in men and women, and aging period.
Yamada
Shinsuke
S
Department of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Molecular Medicine, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine.
Inaba
Masaaki
M
Nishizawa
Yoshiki
Y
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000378:metabolism