Osteoporosis y Osteopenia en la población prehispánica de El Hierro
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E. González Reimers ; M. Arnay de la Rosa [1] ; A. Mas Pascual ; J. Velasco Vázquez ; M. Machado Calvo [1] ; M. A. Gómez Rodríguez [1]
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[1] Universidad de La Laguna
Universidad de La Laguna
San Cristóbal de La Laguna, España
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- Localización: Actas XIII Congreso SEAB. Biología de Poblaciones Humanas: Diversidad, tiempo, espacio / José Enrique Egocheaga Rodríguez (ed. lit.), M. J. Sierra (comp.), 2004, ISBN 84-609-1519-0, págs. 123-131
- Idioma: español
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Resumen
We perform an X-Ray lateral projection on mammographic films to 151 lumbar vertebrae (L1) belonging to the prehispanic inhabitants from El Hierro. On these films we determined the optical density, the presence of biconcave fractures and wedge-shaped vertebrae, and also classified the vertebrae according to the progressive alteration of the trabecular pattern. The overall prevalence of osteoporotic fractures in the population analysed was 10.85% and 17% of the vertebrae showed a trabecular pattern of severe osteoporosis. These results support of the usefulness of conventional X-ray examination of the vertebral bones in the assesment of osteoporotic fractures and also confirms the low prevalence os osteoporosis among the prehispanic population of El Hierro, in contrast with the results obtained on the population of other islands.
