Abstract
Normative population data are reported here for velocity of ultrasound in tibial cortical bone in a population-based sample of both men and women (n=371). The cortical measurement is highly precise with reproducibility of the order of 0.5%. As with heel and patellar trabecular velocity, tibial cortical velocity declines with age from the fourth through the ninth decades. The rate is 1.7 m/s per year in men and 4.1 m/s per year in women. Tibial cortical velocity values correlate with patellar velocity and with forearm mineral, with correlation coefficients ranging from + 0.46 to +0.54 in women and +0.27 to +0.43 in men (P
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 349-353 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Osteoporosis International |
Volume | 5 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 1995 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism