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What Does 1.060 BMD Indicates?
what is BMD?
I am 55 years old,was born in Vietnam and living in Australia.
My bone density test was found that in 2007 (47yrs old) the BMD was 1.181, in 2008 it was 1.131 and in 2011 it was 1.060. What does it mean in my situation?
Thank you Doctors
Yen Tran
I am 55 years old,was born in Vietnam and living in Australia.
My bone density test was found that in 2007 (47yrs old) the BMD was 1.181, in 2008 it was 1.131 and in 2011 it was 1.060. What does it mean in my situation?
Thank you Doctors
Yen Tran
Mon, 26 Dec 2016
This is normal value and good for you as a in this age. If you are female, this is very good result especially postmenopausal stage which need excess calcium supplementations. If you are male, this is good indicator of health state.
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