Definition
reduction in the mineral mass per unit volume of bone, the hard, rigid form of connective tissue constituting most of the skeleton of vertebrates and composed chiefly of calcium salts; this is expressed as the amount of mineral per cubic cm of bone (usually in mgHA/cm^3), with results generated from Quantitative computed tomography (QCT) and other tests
Synonyms
reduced bone volume fraction,
decreased vBMD,
decreased volumetric bone density,
reduced BV/TV
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IMPC Gene variants with decreased volumetric bone mineral density
Phenotype associations to genes and alleles will be available once data has completed quality control.