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Scanning Skeletal Remains for Bone Mineral Density in Forensic Contexts
Published on: January 29, 2018
[Bone mineral density changes in coal workers' pneumoconiosis in Two and Triple stages with increasing ages]
Hai-xue Li1, Peng-yong Zhai, Jin-feng Yan
1Department of Radiology, General Hospital of Jincheng Coal Industry Group 048006, China. lihaixue800@sina.com
Objective:
To observe the bone mineral density changes in coal workers' pneumoconiosis in Two and Triple stages with increasing ages.
Methods:
Chose 70 cases of coal workers pneumoconiosis in Two and Triple stages in Jincheng Coal Mining Group, all of workers were male, of 55-years old-80 years old, an average of 67 years old. 10 years of ages to grouping, whole body bone mineral densities were measured by body dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. We analyzed the BMD changes bone loss, osteoporosis occurrence.
Results:
Chest bone, pelvis, spine bone mineral densities of coal workers pneumoconiosis in Two and Triple stages were significantly decreased. We found that the rate of Pelvic BMD decline of coal workers' pneumoconiosis patients in Two stage was significantly faster after 65 years of age. In Different age groups of coal workers' pneumoconiosis patients in Two and Triple stages, incidence of bone loss and osteoporosis were significantly increased.
Conclusion:
With the age increasing, Coal workers' pneumoconiosis in Two and Triple stages significantly accelerated the speed of the rate of BMD decline. This phenomenon was most obvious in the chest bone, pelvis, and spine.
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