BHI reference curves in 12 populations
New results on Bone Health Index reference curves for 12 populations spanning Asia, Africa, Europe, and North America were presented at the recent International Conference on Children’s Bone Health in Salzburg.
Bone Health Index demonstrates relation to fractures in Klinefelter children
A study published in Journal of the Endocrine Society by Vogiatzi and Ross of Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, followed 90 Klinefelter boys, half of which were treated with Oxandrolone – an anabolic steroid.
(Males have one X and one Y chromosome and females have two X chromosomes. Klinefelter boys have two X and one Y chromosome, i.e. XXY. The incidence Klinefelter Syndrome is 1 of 800 boys.)
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How well does Bone Health Index correlate with DXA?
The journal “Bone” brings a new paper entitled “Which skeletal imaging modality is best for assessing bone health in children and young adults compared to DXA? A systematic review and meta-analysis”, by Heba Shalof, Paul Dimitri, Farag Shuweihdi, and Amaka C Offiah.
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BoneXpert validated in Afghan toddlers
A new paper by Suma Uday et al reports the use of BoneXpert to study bone age and BHI in deprived Afghan children of age 1.5-2.5 y. This validates version 3 of BoneXpert, which extends the bone age range down to new-borns – the older version of BoneXpert was valid only down to 2.5 years.
The world’s first osteoporosis screening
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen’s first public presentation of the new X-rays took place on the 23rd of January 1896 in Würzburg.
The Swiss anatomist Albert von Kölliker volunteered to have his hand X-rayed during the lecture, and the resulting image has now been analysed with a new version of BoneXpert, presented in the Archives of Osteoporosis