Structural trends in the aging femoral neck and proximal shaft: Analysis of the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry data

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 2297-2304

  Beck, Thomas J ^a   Looker, Anne C ^b   Ruff, Christopher B ^a   Sievanen, Harri ^c   Wahner, Heinz W ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^c UKK INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH PROMOTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Age trends; Bone mass; Hip structural geometry; Section modulus; Subperiosteal expansion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE MINERAL; BONE STRENGTH; BONE STRUCTURE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; GEOMETRY; HIP SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMUR; FEMUR NECK; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033725189     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1359/jbmr.2000.15.12.2297     Document Type: Article

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