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Peak trabecular vertebral density: A comparison of adolescent and adult females

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To determine when spinal bone density reaches its peak, the trabecular vertebral density was assessed, via quantitative computed tomography, among females from two age groups: (1) adolescents (aged 14–19 years; n=24); and (2) young adults (aged 25–35 years; n=24). The adolescent girls had a higher mean trabecular vertebral density (P<0.01), suggesting that spinal density reaches its peak around the time of cessation of longitudinal growth and epiphyseal closure.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, P.O. Box 54700, 90054-0700, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Vicente Gilsanz, Douglas T. Gibbens & Michael Carlson

  2. School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, P.O. Box 54700, 90054-0700, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    M. Ines Boechat

  3. School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, P.O. Box 54700, 90054-0700, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Christopher E. Cann

  4. Loma Linda University Medical Center, P.O. Box 54700, 90054-0700, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Eloy E. Schulz

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Gilsanz, V., Gibbens, D.T., Carlson, M. et al. Peak trabecular vertebral density: A comparison of adolescent and adult females. Calcif Tissue Int 43, 260–262 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02555144

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