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Osteoporosis (Bone Mass)
Nutritional Determinants of Acquisition and Loss of Bone Mineral Mass
September 28th, 1998
According to an abstract submitted by the authors to the European Congress on Osteoporosis, held September 11-15, 1998, in Berlin, Germany, "Bone mineral density (BMD) is the best predictor of fracture risk. It is determined by the amount of bone accumulated at the end of skeletal growth, the so-called peak bone mass, which is achieved for most parts of the skeleton by the end of the second decade, and by the amount of bone lost subsequently, as a consequence of menopause or aging. Various studies, including mother-daughter pairs analysis, estimate the contribution of genetics to the variance of peak bone mass as more than 70%. BMD appears to be genetically determined as early as before...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (1998-09-28)
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