Bone mineral density in adolescents. Higher values in a rural area--a population-based study of 246 subjects in southern Sweden

Martin Sundberg; Henrik Düppe; Per Gardsell; Olof Johnell; Ewald Ornstein; Ingemar Sernbo

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Bone mineral density in adolescents. Higher values in a rural area--a population-based study of 246 subjects in southern Sweden

Martin Sundberg, Henrik Düppe, Per Gardsell, Olof Johnell, Ewald Ornstein, Ingemar Sernbo

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We performed, in a cross-sectional study, dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) among 15-16-year-old boys (n 58) and girls (n 44) living in an urban area and among boys (n 82) and girls (n 66) of the same age from a rural area. We measured bone mineral density (BMD) of the total body, the lumbar spine and the hip. In the rural population, we found significantly higher BMD levels in the lumbar spine (14% for the boys and 12% for the girls) and the total body (6.9% for the boys and 3.4% for the girls). We detected no significant differences in the hip BMD. Adolescents in rural areas seem to develop a higher peak bone mass and thereby presumably have a lower risk of developing fragility fractures.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	456-460
Journal	Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica
Volume	68
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3109/17453679708996262
Publication status	Published - 1997

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The record was previously connected to the following departments: Clinical and Molecular Osteoporosis Research Unit (013242930), Reconstructive Surgery (013240300), Department of Orthopaedics (Lund) (013028000)

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Bone mineral density in adolescents. Higher values in a rural area--a population-based study of 246 subjects in southern Sweden

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