Reference values for areal bone mineral density among a healthy Mexican population

Compare the influence of ethnicity in the prevalence of osteopenia and osteoporosis in various Mexican populations using two normal dual X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) reference databases: manufacturer's incorporating US Hispanic population and a normal mestizo Mexican population. MMP included 9 94...

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Published in:Salud pública de México 2009, Vol.51 Suppl 1 (suppl 1), p.S56-s83
Main Authors: Tamayo, Juan, Díaz, Rodrigo, Lazcano-Ponce, Eduardo, Muñoz, Madeline, Huitrón, Gerardo, Halley, Elizabeth, Díaz-Montiel, Juan Carlos, Mudgal, Jyoti, Hernández-Avila, Mauricio, Salmerón, Jorge
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Bone Density - physiology
Bone Diseases, Metabolic - diagnosis
Bone Diseases, Metabolic - epidemiology
Child
Cohort Studies
Densitometry - standards
Female
Femur - physiology
Health Policy & Services
Humans
Lumbar Vertebrae - physiology
Male
Mexico - epidemiology
Mexico - ethnology
Middle Aged
Osteoporosis - diagnosis
Osteoporosis - epidemiology
Reference Values
Sex Factors
Young Adult
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Summary:Compare the influence of ethnicity in the prevalence of osteopenia and osteoporosis in various Mexican populations using two normal dual X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) reference databases: manufacturer's incorporating US Hispanic population and a normal mestizo Mexican population. MMP included 9 946 subjects participating in an ongoing long-term cohort study focusing on lifestyle and chronic diseases, of which 6 487 MMP males and females aged 7 to 80 years were the normal subjects used to determine bone density T- and Z-scores, following WHO criteria, and peak bone mass values. Abnormal bone mass density values estimated by the manufacturer's and peak bone mass reference values were compared. Our results show that by using the manufacturer's T-score values in the mestizo Mexican population we are underestimating the number of abnormal bone mass BMD populations.
ISSN:0036-3634
1606-7916
DOI:10.1590/S0036-36342009000700010