Reid I R, Mackie M, Ibbertson H K
Br Med J (Clin Res Ed). 1986 Jun 14;292(6535):1547-8. doi: 10.1136/bmj.292.6535.1547.
The forearm bone mineral content of Polynesian and European women in New Zealand was measured to assess whether the inter-racial differences found in other populations also occurred in these two groups. The bone mineral content of the nondominant distal radius and ulna was measured by single photon absorptiometry in 123 European and 80 Polynesian women. The mean values were about 20% higher in Polynesians than in Europeans. The reason for this difference in bone mineral content is unknown but the findings do show that high bone density is not confined to African races and that inter-racial differences in bone mineral content may be more common than has been thought hitherto.
测量了新西兰波利尼西亚和欧洲女性的前臂骨矿物质含量,以评估在其他人群中发现的种族差异是否也存在于这两组人群中。通过单光子吸收法测量了123名欧洲女性和80名波利尼西亚女性非优势侧桡骨远端和尺骨的骨矿物质含量。波利尼西亚人的平均值比欧洲人高约20%。这种骨矿物质含量差异的原因尚不清楚,但研究结果确实表明,高骨密度并不局限于非洲种族,而且骨矿物质含量的种族差异可能比迄今认为的更为普遍。