Abstract
Bone health evaluation requires an appropriate reference database that can identify the bone deficit according to age, sex, puberty, and race. The aim of this study was to determine bone mineral density Z-scores in Iranian children and adolescents and their comparability with other reference data. A sample of 476 healthy children and adolescents, aged 9-18years, from Kawar (an urban community, 50km east of Shiraz, Iran) was selected and bone mineral measurements of the lumbar spine, femoral neck, and total body (less head) were done. Sex-specific height-for-age, weight-for-age, and BMI-for-age Z-scores, as well as bone mineral density Z-scores, were calculated. Extended reference curves for bone mineral content (BMC) and areal bone mineral density (aBMD) of the total body less head, lumbar spine, and femoral neck, for ages 9-18years were constructed relative to sex and age. We found that median, - 2SD, and + 2SD curves for the lumbar spine aBMD were higher in Iranian subjects than in the American participants, but the curves of the femoral neck and total body were lower. Also, we showed that subjects with a lower height-for-age Z-score had a lower BMC and aBMD Z-score in the lumbar spine, femoral neck, and total body (p < 0.001). Relevant differences in bone mineral density and its curves exist between Iranian children and adolescents and other databases, revealing a significant potential for misdiagnosis. However, our results can be used to provide reference databases to assist clinicians in interpreting, assessing, and monitoring bone densitometry.
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