Bone mineral density in femora of documented age at death from Schoten (Belgium, 19th-20th century) ...

The proportion of older age groups in Western human populations is growing. It is therefore of utmost importance to understand the factors associated with diseases and disabilities due to aging but also to know how these factors are changing in these industrialized populations whose lifestyle and conditions are changing. Among these factors, osteoporosis, often considered absent or rare in pre-industrial populations, is associated with sedentary lifestyle in modern populations. The relationship between decreased bone mass, age, and increased risk of femoral neck fracture is well documented. In... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Gilissen, Emmanuel
Orban, Rosine
Dokumenttyp: Journalarticle
Erscheinungsdatum: 2022
Verlag/Hrsg.: Anthropologica et Praehistorica
Schlagwörter: FOS: Biological sciences
Sprache: Englisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-29385623
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Link(s) : https://dx.doi.org/10.57937/ap.2022.007

The proportion of older age groups in Western human populations is growing. It is therefore of utmost importance to understand the factors associated with diseases and disabilities due to aging but also to know how these factors are changing in these industrialized populations whose lifestyle and conditions are changing. Among these factors, osteoporosis, often considered absent or rare in pre-industrial populations, is associated with sedentary lifestyle in modern populations. The relationship between decreased bone mass, age, and increased risk of femoral neck fracture is well documented. In this study, we attempted to identify possible secular trends in bone mineral content related to aging in a series of 51 adult skeletons of known age and sex (27 males and 24 females born between 1837 and 1916). All individuals constituting this series were buried in 1930 and 1931 in the old cemetery of Schoten, in the suburbs of Antwerp, Belgium, and were exhumed in 1946. Our results indicate a degradation of bone ... : L’accroissement des groupes de tranche d’âge élevée au sein des populations humaines occidentales change rapidement. Il est donc de la plus grande importance de comprendre les facteurs liés aux maladies et handicaps dus au vieillissement mais aussi de savoir comment se modifient ces facteurs au sein de ces populations industrialisées dont le mode et les conditions de vie changent très rapidement. Parmi ces facteurs, l’ostéoporose, souvent considérée comme absente ou rare dans les populations préindustrielles, est associée à la sédentarité dans les populations modernes. La relation entre diminution de masse osseuse, âge, et augmentation des risques de fracture au niveau du col du fémur est bien documentée. Dans cette étude, nous avons tenté de cerner les possibles changements séculaires (secular trends) du contenu minéral osseux en rapport avec le vieillissement sur une série de 51 squelettes adultes d’âge et de sexe connus (27 hommes et 24 femmes nés entre 1837 et 1916). Tous les individus constituant cette ...