González-Reimer E, Velasco-Vázquez J, Arnay-de-la-Rosa M, Santolaria-Fernández F, Galindo-Martín L
Departamento de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Tenerife, Canary, Islands, Spain.
Sci Total Environ. 2001 Jan 17;264(3):215-20. doi: 10.1016/s0048-9697(00)00717-8.
In this study, from histological and chemical perspectives, we analyse the human remains belonging to the pre-Hispanic inhabitants from Fuerteventura (one of the Canary Islands) and compare the results with those obtained on a sample of pre-Hispanic inhabitants from Gran Canaria (Canary Islands). We observe that trabecular bone mass was normal in the samples from Fuerteventura except for an elderly woman; this result is in sharp contrast with the decreased bone mass observed in the population from Gran Canaria. The pre-Hispanic population from Fuerteventura showed lower bone strontium, Sr/Ca ratio, and bone barium, but slightly higher bone copper, than that from Gran Canaria. All these data indicate a greater consumption of marine products by the population of Fuerteventura. The high prevalence of osteoporosis observed in the population from Gran Canaria may be interpreted as a consequence of protein-calorie malnutrition, a condition which seemed to be not so prevalent in the population of Fuerteventura.
在本研究中，我们从组织学和化学角度分析了属于富埃特文图拉岛（加那利群岛之一）前西班牙居民的人类遗骸，并将结果与从大加那利岛（加那利群岛）前西班牙居民样本中获得的结果进行比较。我们观察到，除了一名老年女性外，富埃特文图拉岛样本中的小梁骨量正常；这一结果与大加那利岛人群中观察到的骨量减少形成鲜明对比。与大加那利岛的前西班牙居民相比，富埃特文图拉岛的前西班牙居民骨锶、锶/钙比值和骨钡含量较低，但骨铜含量略高。所有这些数据表明，富埃特文图拉岛居民对海产品的消费量更大。大加那利岛人群中观察到的骨质疏松症高患病率可能被解释为蛋白质-热量营养不良的结果，而这种情况在富埃特文图拉岛人群中似乎不那么普遍。
