title: Forearm SXA densitometry in 1,122 Polish women--a cohort study.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The aim of this study was to estimate forearm bone mineral density (BMD) and bone mineral content (BMC) using singleenergy X-ray absorptiometry (SXA) in a group of Polish women that included both pre- and post-menopausal subjects.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study was carried out in a cohort of 1,122 otherwise healthy women with no history of previous fractures.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We showed a gradual decline of BMD and BMC with age, and the presence of suspected correlations of densitometric results with age and selected anthropometric parameters.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our study confirmed the utility of densitometric screening using forearm SXA measurements. These measurements discriminated clearly between pre- and post-menopausal subjects. Densitometric results correlated negatively with age and age at menopause, but positively with anthropometric indices related to body and skeletal size. Age was the greatest factor in terms of impact on bone loss.
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology, Diabetology ans Isotope Therapy, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland. bolan@endo.am.wrocpl
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bolanowski
authors.forename: Aleksandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jawiarczyk
authors.forename: Diana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jędrzejuk
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Milewicz
mesh_terms: D015502:Absorptiometry, Photon / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000886:Anthropometry; D015519:Bone Density; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D005542:Forearm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology