BONE MINERAL
MEASUREMENTS IN THE LUMBER SPINE OF EGYPTIAN CHILDREN USING QUANTITATIVE
COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
Kamel MM.* and Samy AM**.
* Pediatric Department, El-Minia
University Hospital,, El-Minia, Egypt
** Radiology Department, El-Minia
University Hospital, El-Minia, Egypt
Objectives: This study was designed to determine age and gender
based normative values for spinal bone mineral density (BMD) in a Egyptian
children. In addition we compared our data with those of other countries
and populations. Five hundred and twenty two healthy Egyptian subjects aged 2mo �C 12 years (292 males,
mean age 5.6 years; 230
females, mean age 6.2 years) were recruited for BMD assessment. BMD was
measured by quantitative computed tomography (QCT) using GE-proposed plus
with 512x512 matrix.
Methods: The
study population were grouped according to age into Group-I that included
142 cases (87 boys and 55 girls, aged from 2 months to < 2 years, mean
1.3 years). Group-II included 217 cases (124 boys and 93 girls, aged
from 2- <6 years, mean 3.6 years). And Group-III that included
163 cases (82 boys and 81 girls, aged from 6-12 years, mean 8.2 years).
Results: Bone
mineral density for each group was calculated in addition to the mean and
standard deviation. Drawings representing the mean of bone mineral content
in different age groups were also made. Finally we compare our data with
those in the literature.