Measurement of Bone Mineral Density of Adolescent Boys and Girls in the Urban Areas and the Suburbs of Beijing / 实用放射学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To observe the changes of bone mineral density (BMD) of boys and girls from 12 to14 years old in the urban areas and the suburbs of Beijing.Methods 613 middle school students were divided into the city group and the suburbs group, and whole body scanning was performed with dual energy X-ray bone densitometer.Results The values of BMD of the boys and girls in the urban areas were significantly higher than that in the suburbs (P