HETEROGENEITY OF INVOLUTION OSTEOPOROSES

Bone tissue mineral content (BTMC) was measured on transiliac bone bio psies by a combined microradiographic-microdensitometric technique. Th e samples originated from 69 osteoporotic postmenopausal women aged 42 -86 (mean age 63 years). The diagnosis of osteoporosis was based upon a previous in-hospital screening. Results demonstrated a clear heterog eneity of BTMC values in osteoporotic women as compared with an age-re lated decrease in 31 age- and sex-matched controls. No correlation wit h clinical parameters could be found. Therapeutic issues raised by thi s study are discussed.