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Bone Abstracts (2013) 1 PP508 | DOI: 10.1530/boneabs.1.PP508

ECTS2013 Poster Presentations Paediatric bone disease (7 abstracts)

Comparison of the bone densitometry and anthropometric parameters between the Ukrainian, Indian and Nigerian young male students, graduated in Lugansk State Medical University

V Luzin , L Stklyanina , Y Ushko & A Ignatyev


Lugansk State Medical University, Lugansk, Ukraine.


Objectives: To establish the average bone mineral density (BMD) and bone mineral content (BMC) in young male population from the different ethno-geographical groups

Materials and methods: Estimations of the calcaneal BMD (g/cm2) and BMC (r), using on ALOKA-5.0 DXA machine among Indian (n=58) and Nigerian (n=72) male students (17–20 years), were done. The anthropometric program included body weight, height, shoulder and thorax width, triceps, biceps, suprailiac and calf skinfold measurements among Ukrainian (n=200), Indian (n=84) and Nigerian (n=97) male students (18–21 years). Total body fat percentage was calculated by the Mateigka (1921) equation, total body muscular mass by the Kuczmarski R.J, Flegal K.M. Default (2000).

Results: Obtained data reveal that the Ukrainians and Nigerians have mostly similar BMD and BMC: BMD 1.05±0.04 in Ukrainians, 1.05±0.02 in Nigerians; BMC 77.40±4.49 in Ukrainians, 77.32±2.21 in Nigerians. Indians have the lowest BMD and BMC among compared groups: BMD 0.94±0.02, BMC 67.09±1.96, which are significaly (10.35% for the BMD and 13.40% for the BMC, P< 0.001) lower, than in Ukrainians and Nigerians. Anthropometric data reveal the highest body parameters of the weight (74.58±1.95 kg), height (173.58±0.92 cm), shoulder and thorax width and lean muscular body mass (52.12±1.58 kg). Ukrainians show the lowest weight (55.53±0.69 kg), height (166.06±0.57 cm), thorax width, moderate muscular mass (46.08±1.5) and highest thickness of the skinfolds and body fat (16.54±0.52%). Indians expose the moderate weight (63.89±1.25 kg), height (169.16±1.05 cm), fat percentage; thorax width was same as that in Nigerians, but the muscular mass was lowest (45.78±3.30 kg) among participants.

Conclusions: BMD, BMC and anthropometric parameters have obvious ethno-geographical features.

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European Calcified Tissue Society Congress 2013

Lisbon, Portugal
18 May 2013 - 22 May 2013

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