Sentences with phrase «measured bone mineral content»

For all three groups, researchers measured bone mineral content and density in the spine, neck, hip and the whole body, and looked at current height and weight, smoking, level of physical activity and a variety of other measures.

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Anthropometrics and formula intake were determined monthly; total body bone mineral content (BMC) and bone mineral density (BMD) were measured at baseline, 3, and 6 months of age using dual energy x-ray absorptiometry.

Soluble CD14 levels were inversely correlated with measures of bone mineral content and density, suggesting macrophage activation as a possible mechanism for such bone loss.

«We therefore had to use a different method, so we measured the composition of carbon isotopes — the ratio of protein and mineral content — in the fossilized sloth bones,» explains Bocherens, and he continues, «Our measurements show that Megatherium lived on an exclusively vegetarian diet.»