Badr H et al. - The BMD value of healthy Kuwaiti women tend to be lower than the US reference at the lumber spine in all age groups but showed higher values for femur neck only in the age group of late 30s through 60 years. Weight has a stronger effect on BMD than does the height. The prevalence of osteoporosis in the lumber spine was more than double that in the femur neck in postmenopausal women.