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To the Editor: Frigo and Lang (Nov. 30 issue)¹ describe an ancient skeleton of a 45-year-old woman as osteoporotic on the basis of the bone mineral density at the femoral neck (0.831 g per square centimeter). This value, however, was only 1 SD below the average value for bone mineral density in 14 skeletons of women of a similar age at the same site (0.981±0.148 g per square centimeter). Because these women died at a relatively young age, the value of 0.981 g per square centimeter can be regarded as close to the peak value for bone density.

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