Bone mineral loss related to menstrual history (original) (raw)

We measured the bone mineral content (BMC) of the forearm in 173 normal postmenopausal women. We also examined the relation between BMC and the chronologic age, the numberof years elapsed sincemenopause, and the total number of menstrualcycles during thereproductive years. BMC had a better linear relation to the total number of menstrual cycles than with the years elapsed since menopause or with chronologic age. Acta Orthop Downloaded from informahealthcare.com by 23.21.125.161 on 05/20/14 For personal use only.