caa a22 4500 469094702 CHVBK 20180323133027.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e19921001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00190985 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00190985 Alcoholism-associated spinal and femoral bone loss in abstinent male alcoholics, as measured by dual X-ray absorptiometry [Elektronische Daten] [K. Chon, D. Sartoris, S. Brown, P. Clopton] Although alcoholism is a known risk factor for osteoporosis, there are few published reports on alcoholism-associated bone loss. To study alcoholism-associated bone loss, this study used a dual X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) densitometer to measure lumbar and femoral bone mineral density (BMD) in a previously little-studied population: 32 relatively healthy, nonhospitalized, Caucasian, alcoholic men with a period of abstinence longer than that previously studied (median abstinence 4.0 months, range 3 days-36 months). DXA is a new, highly precise densitometric method with many advantages over the methods used in previous studies. The subjects had statistically significant bone loss at three sites: lumbar spine, femoral neck, and Ward's triangle (multiple correction adjusted two-tailed P < 0.008). Compared to the mean BMD of sex-, age-, and race-matched norms, the subjects' average femoral neck, Ward's triangle, and lumbar BMDs were, respectively, 0.56, 0.69, and 0.57 standard deviations (SDs) below the normative values. International Skeletal Society, 1992 Alcoholism nationallicence Osteoporosis nationallicence Bone mineral density nationallicence Dual X-ray absorptiometry nationallicence Men nationallicence Chon K. Department of School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA aut Sartoris D. Department of Radiology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA aut Brown S. Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA aut Clopton P. Research Services, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Diego, California, USA aut Skeletal Radiology Springer-Verlag 21/7(1992-10-01), 431-436 0364-2348 21:7<431 1992 21 256 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00190985 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00190985 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Chon K. Department of School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sartoris D. Department of Radiology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Brown S. Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Clopton P. Research Services, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Diego, California, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Skeletal Radiology Springer-Verlag 21/7(1992-10-01), 431-436 0364-2348 21:7<431 1992 21 256 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer