ea0029p173 | Bone & Osteoporosis | ICEECE2012
Duskova M.
, Pospisilova H.
, Hruskovicova H.
, Simunkova K.
, Zofkova I.
, Hill M.
, Starka L.
Objective: Skeletal disability pathogenesis is multifactorial. Many studies have proved a negative relation of smoking on calcium-phosphate metabolisms, bone density and quality; however in some other papers these results have not been confirmed. The aim of the study was to monitor the influence of the length of smoking, a number of cigarettes smoked and the age of the first use of cigarettes on the whole-body bone density.Methods: Whole-body densitometr...