title: [The relationship between the parameters of mineral density of bone tissue and somatotype in women residing in the Republic of Karelia].
abstract: Comprehensive anthropometric and densitometric study using the dual x-ray absorptiometry was conducted to determine the relationship between the mineral density of bone tissue and somatotype in 360 women aged 20 to 87 years, permanently residing in the Republic of Karelia. Significant direct correlation was detected between the somatotype and the amount of mineral substances in the vertebrae, bone mineral density and the area of the lumbar vertebrae. Bone mineral density level of the lumbar vertebrae was higher in women with europlastic and athletic somatotypes, which were characterized by high values of body mass and length, body muscle and fat mass. Low values of bone mineral density of vertebrae were identified in women belonging to subathletic, mesoplastic and stenoplastic somatotypes. The risk of developing osteopenia and osteoporosis is increased in women with low body muscle mass.
authors.forename: I G
authors.initials: IG
authors.lastname: Pashkova
authors.forename: I V
authors.initials: IV
authors.lastname: Gaivoronskiy
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Aleksina
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Kornev
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015519:Bone Density; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012426:Russia; D013008:Somatotypes; D013131:Spine / Q000378:metabolism*