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Little is known about the prevalence of metabolic bone disease among adults with mental retardation (now known as learning disability), although they may be at increased risk of fractures. Broadband-ultrasound attenuation (BUA) and velocity-of-sound (VOS) measurements were performed on the left heel of 170 patients in a large hospital for adults with mental retardation. For 108 of these patients,...