Measurements of Postmenopausal Bone Loss with a New Contact Ultrasound System

Overview

Journal Calcif Tissue Int

Specialty Pathology

Date 1993 Sep 1

PMID 8242465

Citations 11

Authors

R J Herd

G M Blake

T Ramalingam

C G Miller

P J Ryan

I Fogelman

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Abstract

Measurements of broadband ultrasonic attenuation (BUA) and velocity of ultrasound through the heel (heel velocity, HV) were performed with a Contact Ultrasonic Bone Analyzer (CUBA-Research model) in 229 women. The subjects consisted of 16 healthy young volunteers (Group 1, mean age 26 years), 170 healthy pre- and postmenopausal women (Group 2, mean age 53 years), and 43 osteoporotic women with radiographically defined vertebral crush fracture (Group 3, mean age 66 years). Subjects in Group 1 had 10 repeated measurements in a study of short-term precision. Women in Groups 2 and 3 also had dual X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scans to measure lumbar spine and femoral neck bone mineral density (BMD). The BUA and HV measurements for all 229 women showed a significant correlation (r = 0.75, P < 0.001). The precision study on the subjects in Group 1 gave a root mean square coefficient of variation of 6.3% for BUA and 1.04% for HV. Linear regression analysis gave the following relationship between BUA and age for the 170 normal women in Group 2: BUA = 83.6-0.86 (age 40) dB/MHz (r = -0.31, P < 0.001, SEE = 16.3 dB/MHz). The relationship between HV and age was as follows: HV = 1614-2:3 (age 40) m/s (r = -0.33, P < 0.001, SEE = 42 m/s). Multivariate regression analysis showed that in addition to age, years since the menopause was also a significant factor in determining both BUA and HV.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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