Endogenous factors affecting bone mineral content in post-menopausal women

摘要: Eighty-eight healthy post-menopausal women were divided into two groups, one of 35 subjects who had undergone menopause up to 9 years previously and the second 53 10 or more post-menopausal. In each individual we related bone mineral content (BMC), measured by single photon absorptiometry in distal forearm, anthropometric variables urinary oestrogen excretion. There was a positive association between BMC both excretion variables, but this statistically significant only older women. As expected, forearm decreased with advancing age, fall being greatest first after menopause. We concluded that although measurement does not provide enough information predict an individual's BMC, values obtained may prove use, along determination, helping rate loss.