Peak trabecular vertebral density: A comparison of adolescent and adult females |
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| Authors: | Vicente Gilsanz Douglas T. Gibbens Michael Carlson M. Ines Boechat Christopher E. Cann Eloy E. Schulz |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, P.O. Box 54700, 90054-0700 Los Angeles, CA, USA;(2) School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, P.O. Box 54700, 90054-0700 Los Angeles, CA, USA;(3) School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, P.O. Box 54700, 90054-0700 Los Angeles, CA, USA;(4) Loma Linda University Medical Center, P.O. Box 54700, 90054-0700 Los Angeles, CA, USA |
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| Abstract: | Summary 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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