Reference values for areal bone mineral density among a healthy Mexican population.
OBJECTIVE
Compare the influence of ethnicity in the prevalence of osteopenia and osteoporosis in various Mexican populations using two normal dual X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) reference databases: manufacturer's incorporating US Hispanic population and a normal mestizo Mexican population.


METHODS
MMP included 9 946 subjects participating in an ongoing long-term cohort study focusing on lifestyle and chronic diseases, of which 6 487 MMP males and females aged 7 to 80 years were the normal subjects used to determine bone density T- and Z-scores, following WHO criteria, and peak bone mass values. Abnormal bone mass density values estimated by the manufacturer's and peak bone mass reference values were compared.


CONCLUSIONS
Our results show that by using the manufacturer's T-score values in the mestizo Mexican population we are underestimating the number of abnormal bone mass BMD populations.
Tamayo
Juan
J
Comité Mixicano para Prevencion de Osteoporosis, Mexico.
Díaz
Rodrigo
R
Lazcano-Ponce
Eduardo
E
Muñoz
Madeline
M
Huitrón
Gerardo
G
Halley
Elizabeth
E
Díaz-Montiel
Juan Carlos
JC
Mudgal
Jyoti
J
Hernández-Avila
Mauricio
M
Salmerón
Jorge
J
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015519:Bone Density / Q000502:physiology*; D001851:Bone Diseases, Metabolic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003720:Densitometry / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D005269:Femur / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D012016:Reference Values; D012737:Sex Factors; D055815:Young Adult