All issues > Volume 34(5); 1991

Original Article

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1991;34(5):605-613. Published online May 31, 1991.

Bone mineral density of normal Korean children.

Kyu Young Lee¹, Byoung Yul Lim¹, Sung Ho Cha¹, Byoung Soo Cho¹, Chang Il Ahn¹, Young Seol Kim²

¹Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea
²Department of Internal Medicine

Received: October 29, 1990;  Accepted: January 28, 1991.

Abstract

The diagnosis of renal osteodystrophy and osteoporosis is established by clinical manifestations, biochemical laboratory tests, X-ray and bone scan but early diagnosis, determination of treatment of various metabolic bone diseases are not satisfied with any above methods. Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) has been shown to be a reliable, reproducible, and noninvasive way to assess bone mineral status. We evaluated the bone mineral density of normal Korean children for normal and standard values. The results were as follows: 1) The increasing BMC (bone mineral density) was demonstrated in those children, with female children having lower values than male children according to age (p<0.05). 2) We demonstrated the BMD mean values, standard deviation, correlation coefficient and regres- sion equation according to age and sex. 3) BMD fo spine was the highest correlation coefficient in male children (r=0.99), but BMD of arm was the highest correlation coefficient in female children (r=0.99).

Keywords :BMD(born mineral density);Chidren