PQCT bone geometry and strength: population epidemiology and concordance in Australian children aged 11-12 years and their parents.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:To describe the epidemiology and concordance of bone health in a population-based sample of Australian parent-child dyads at child age 11-12 years. DESIGN:Population-based cross-sectional study (the Child Health CheckPoint) nested between waves 6 and 7 of the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC). SETTING:Assessment centres in seven cities around Australia, February 2015-March 2016. PARTICIPANTS:of all participating CheckPoint families (n=1874), bone data were available for 1222 dyads (1271 children, 50% girls; 1250 parents, 86% mothers). OUTCOME MEASURES:Peripheral quantitative CT (pQCT) of the non-dominant leg scanned at the 4% (distal) and 66% (mid-calf) tibial sites. Stratec XCT 2000 software generated estimates of bone density, geometry and polar stress-strain in

SUBMITTER: Vlok J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6624036 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature