Age-related changes of skeletal bone mineral density in children and adolescents

The mineral density (MD) of skeletal bones was measured in 1875 practically normal children, adolescents and young adults at the age of 5-20 years with a bone densitometer. Up to one hundred different parameters were obtained owing to using enCoreTM2002 program. That is why the data of lumbar spine, femoral necks, Ward spaces, greater trochanter, total density of proximal femur as well as this of the whole skeleton has been studied in detail.