Differences in peak bone mass in women of European and South Asian origin can be explained by differences in body size

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1254-1262

  Roy, Dipak ^a   Swarbrick, Caroline ^a   King, Yvonne ^a   Pye, Stephen ^a   Adams, Judith ^a   Berry, Jacqueline ^b   Silman, Alan ^a   O'Neill, Terence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body size; Ethnic study; Peak bone mass; South Asian women; Volumetric bone density

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY SIZE; BONE DENSITOMETRY; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HIP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; MOSLEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PAKISTAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RADIUS; RELIGION; UNITED KINGDOM; VOLUMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY SIZE; BONE DENSITY; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; INDIA; LIFE STYLE; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; PAKISTAN;

EID: 25844500880     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: 14332965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-005-1837-0     Document Type: Article

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