title: Reference values for areal bone mineral density among a healthy Mexican population.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Comité Mixicano para Prevencion de Osteoporosis, Mexico.
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tamayo
authors.forename: Rodrigo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Díaz
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lazcano-Ponce
authors.forename: Madeline
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Muñoz
authors.forename: Gerardo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Huitrón
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Halley
authors.forename: Juan Carlos
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Díaz-Montiel
authors.forename: Jyoti
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mudgal
authors.forename: Mauricio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hernández-Avila
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Salmerón
mesh_terms: 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