Bone Abstracts

Sex-differences in bone strength manifest at late puberty likely due to sex-specific hormonal stimulus to bone development. Comparisons of bone structural properties between sexes in years preceding the pubertal growth are lacking. Our objective was to assess sex-differences in bone strength, size, density and micro-architecture in childhood. We scanned distal and shaft sites of the radius and tibia from 85 girls and 75 boys (mean age 10.8, S.D. 1.8 years) using...