Bone Mineral Density at Diagnosis of Celiac Disease and after 1 Year of Gluten-Free Diet

Table 2

Bone mineral density (BMD) at lumbar spine scores according to sex and age.

		Healthy (%)	Osteopenic (%)	Osteoporotic (%)	-score lumbar spine
Male ≤ 30 y; (range 18–30)	9	77.8	11.1	11.1
Male 31–50 y	9	33.3	55.6	11.1
Male > 50 y; (range 51–70)	5	20	60	20
Female ≤ 30 y; (range 17–30)	37	45.9	43.3	10.8
Female 31–50 y	78	50	39.8	10.2
Female > 50 y; (range 52–75)	31	6.4	25.8	67.7

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