background: osteoporosis is a systemic skeletal disorder characterized by low bone mineral density (bmd) that leads to an increase in bone fragility, causing an individual to be at an increased risk for fractures. asian-indians are at an increased risk for developing osteoporosis. considering the number of asian-indians in the us is rapidly growing, they likely could be an underappreciated popu...

Introduction: Osteoporosis is a systemic disease of the skeletal system characterised by reduced bone strength leading to increased risk of fracture. Bone strength is a combined derivative of bone mineral density (BMD) and of bone tissue quality. Osteoporosis is a serious medical problem because of its complications, most frequently manifesting itself in spine fractures, fractures of distal sec...

Methods Bone mineral density (BMD) of the lumbar spine and bilateral proximal femurs (dual energy x-ray absorptiometry) and bone metabolism markers {bone formation marker: serum bone alkaline phosphatase (BAP); bone resorption marker: serum tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase serum band 5 (TRAP5b)} were measured in 55 consecutive AIS subjects aged 10 to 18 years-old (mean: 15.6+/-1.7). BMD, bod...

BACKGROUND Short-term use of tenofovir (TDF) has been associated with bone mineral loss in adults and children. OBJECTIVE To assess whether the substitution of stavudine with TDF would result in decreased bone mineral content (BMC) and bone mineral density (BMD) accrual in HIV-infected children. METHODS The lumbar spine and whole-body BMC and BMD were measured by dual-energy x-ray absorptio...

Osteoporosis is a disease that weakens bones and is known to be “silent,” but it does not mean that it should be ignored. According to some researches, osteoporosis causes more than 8.9 million fractures every year, resulting in an osteoporotic fracture every 3 s and by 2050 the worldwide occurrence of hip fracture is estimated to increase by 310% in men and 240% in women (Gullberg et al., 1997...

Differences in the mineral fraction of the fat-free mass (M(FFM)) and in the density of the FFM (D(FFM)) are often inferred from measures of bone mineral content (BMC) or bone mineral density (BMD). We studied the relation of BMC and BMD to the M(FFM) and D(FFM) in a heterogeneous sample of 216 young men (n = 115) and women (n = 101), which included whites (n = 155) and blacks (n = 61) and coll...

Body composition and sport participation have been associated with bone mass. The purpose of this study was to determine the associations of lean and fat mass measures with whole body bone mineral content (BMC) and bone mineral density (BMD) in female adolescent weightlifters, swimmers and non-athletic counterparts. This study included a total of 25 female adolescents (mean age: 15.3±1.1 years)...

Now more than ever, the management of age-related problems, from cardiovascular morbidity to bone pathology, is increasingly relevant for HIV physicians. Low bone mineral density (BMD) and fractures are more common in HIV-infected patients. Although a multifactorial aetiology underlies this condition, increasing evidence suggests a role for antiretroviral therapy in low BMD, especially upon ini...

BACKGROUND Some studies have implicated several possible metabolic linkages between osteoporosis and vascular calcification, including estrogen deficiency, vitamin D excess, vitamin K deficiency and lipid oxidation products. Nevertheless, it remains unclear whether osteoporosis and atherosclerosis are related to each other or are independent processes, both related to aging. The aim of this cro...

We looked for interaction between early environment and adult lifestyle in determination of bone mineral content (BMC) and bone mineral density (BMD) among 498 men and 468 women for whom birth records were available. Participants completed a health questionnaire, and bone densitometry (DXA) of the lumbar spine and femoral neck performed.We found no relationships between cigarette and alcohol co...