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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 31.
Published in final edited form as: J Bone Miner Res. 2012 Mar;27(3):654–663. doi: 10.1002/jbmr.1482

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Association between age and integral, trabecular, and cortical vBMD, and cross-sectional area for the thoracic (T8-T10) and lumbar (L3-L5) spine in women and men. Mean values for the thoracic and lumbar spine, averaged for T8-T10 and L3-L5, respectively, are shown. Integral and trabecular vBMD declined with increasing age for the lumbar and thoracic spine in women and men. Cortical vBMD declined with increasing age for the lumbar and thoracic spine in women. In men, cortical vBMD declined with increasing age in the lumbar spine but increased with increasing age in the thoracic spine. Cross-sectional area increased with increasing age in the thoracic spine but did not change with increasing age at the lumbar spine in women and men.

Women on left, men on right.

X-axis, age in years.

Y-axis, QCT bone measures, (A) Integral vBMD, (B) Trabecular vBMD, (C) Cortical vBMD, (D) Cross-Sectional Area. Solid line, values for lumbar spine, averaged for L3-L5 vertebral levels.

Dotted line, values for thoracic spine, averaged for T8-T10 vertebral levels.

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