Bone Abstracts

The literature has suggested that bone mineral content is modulated by muscle mass and activity. We investigated the relationship between DXA assessed total body bone mineral content, total body lean mass, appendicular lean mass and obesity (a possible marker of inactivity) in a population of 73 boys between the age of 7 and 19 using a Norland XR-46 system.Regression analysis shows that in these growing boys there is a strong positive relationship betwee...