What factors affect human bone health?

When people reach a certain age, their bones are prone to certain problems. This is something that everyone is worried about, especially bone pain, which can have a great impact on everyone's healthy life. Many people know relatively little about the human skeleton. So, what are the factors that affect human bone health? Regarding this issue that everyone is worried about, let’s take a look at the following detailed introduction.

1. Bone density

Bone density is a medical term that reflects the content of bone minerals and other substances per unit area (or volume) of bone tissue. However, bone density in medicine is not the same as "density" in physics. In physics, the mass of a substance per unit volume is called the density of the substance, and bone density, due to measurement technology, reflects the amount of bone mineral on the measured surface (grams/square centimeter). The bone density of any individual is the combined result of the peak bone mass formed at the age of 20 to 30 and the amount of bone loss during the subsequent age. Therefore, bone density is an indirect indicator that reflects the degree of bone loss or osteoporosis and predicts the risk of fractures. Bone density is largely affected by genetic factors. For example, Africans have higher bone density than Asians. Similarly, bone density begins to increase in childhood, reaches a peak at about 25 years old, and then remains for about 10 years; after the age of 35, it decreases at a rate of 0.3% to 0.5% per year.

Bone Quality

Bone quality is a biomechanical term used to describe the material characteristics and structural strength of bones. It reflects factors other than bone mineral content that may affect bone strength, such as bone composition, bone organic matrix, bone mineralization, bone architecture and structure, biomechanical properties, bone damage, and even factors such as the microstructure at the tissue level and the physicochemical structure at the molecular level. Therefore, bone quality is a general term that includes bone structure, bone metabolism conversion, cumulative bone destruction (fibrous fracture) and bone mineralization degree.

Bone Strength

Bone strength is also known as fracture resistance. Bone strength depends on bone density and bone quality, among which bone quality is the material and structural basis of bone strength. Bone strength includes factors such as bone geometry, bone density, material properties of bones, body weight, and external forces applied to bones. Generally speaking, the higher the bone density, the stronger the bone.

What are the factors that affect human bone health? Bone density, bone quality and bone strength are all factors that affect bone health. If there is a problem with these factors, certain measures need to be taken to treat them. I hope everyone will pay more attention to their bodies and prevent bone injuries. If you experience bone pain, you should go to the hospital for examination as soon as possible.