ESPE Abstracts

Reports on preterm born young adults’ bone health give conflicting results. Lower areal bone mineral density in the preterm born population has partly been explained by their smaller adult size. Male sex has previously been reported as a risk factor for impaired bone health in preterm born adults. We performed a bone mineral density measurement of the lumbar spine and both hips with DXA in 37 preterm born young adults, of whom 22 were women and 15 men, at a mean age of 2...