Local body composition is associated with gender differences of bone development at the forearm in puberty

Hormone Research

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 105-111

  Fricke, Oliver ^a   Sumnik, Zdenek ^a,c   Tutlewski, Baerbel ^a   Stabrey, Angelika ^a   Remer, Thomas ^b   Schoenau, Eckhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHILD NUTRITION   (Germany)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Bone strength; Cross sectional fat area; Cross sectional muscle area; Modeling; Remodeling

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE MINERAL; BONE REMODELING; BONE STRENGTH; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICAL BONE; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRABECULAR BONE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; BODY COMPOSITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE DENSITY; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE REMODELING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; MALE; PUBERTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 54449093189     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000139153     Document Type: Article

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