Objective To investigate the influence of multiparity on bone mass of the axial skeleton in a population of women of high parity. Design Open study of Omani women. Setting Medical physics department and clinical physiology department of a third degree referral (university) hospital. Participants A consecutive series of 159 normal women referred with low back pain over a period of six months. Results The bone mineral density was measured with dual‐photon absorptiometry and the mean was found to be 0.984 (± 0.166) (± SD) g cm−2. The age ranged from 20 to 70 years with a mean age of 43.4 (± 12.5) years. The number of children per woman ranged from 0 to 14 with a mean of 5.1 (53.5). There was no statistically significant influence of the number of children per woman on bone mineral density but there was a strong correlation with age and body size variables. Conclusion Multiparity does not influence lumbar spine bone mineral density in normal women.
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