Increasing sex difference in bone strength in old age: The Age, Gene/Environment Susceptibility-Reykjavik study (AGES-REYKJAVIK)

Bone

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 644-651

  Sigurdsson, Gunnar ^a,b   Aspelund, Thor ^a   Chang, Milan ^a   Jonsdottir, Birna ^a   Sigurdsson, Sigurdur ^a   Eiriksdottir, Gudny ^a   Gudmundsson, Adalsteinn ^a,b   Harris, Tamara B ^c   Gudnason, Vilmundur ^a   Lang, Thomas F ^d  

^a ICELANDIC HEART ASSOCIATION   (Iceland)

^b LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Bone geometry; Bone QCT; Osteoporosis; Strength indices

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; BONE FRAGILITY; BONE MASS; BONE METABOLISM; BONE MINERAL; BONE STRENGTH; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; FEMUR SHAFT; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HIP; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; SAMPLE SIZE; SENESCENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRABECULAR BONE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; ICELAND; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 33746632576     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2006.03.020     Document Type: Article

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