Percent fat mass is inversely associated with bone mass and hip geometry in rural Chinese adolescents

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1544-1554

  Hong, Xiumei ^a,c   Arguelles, Lester M ^a   Liu, Xin ^a   Tsai, Hui Ju ^a,f   Hsu, Yi Hsiang ^d,e   Wang, Binyan ^a   Zhang, Shanchun ^a   Li, Zhiping ^c   Tang, Gengfu ^c   Liu, Xue ^c   Yang, Jianhua ^a   Xu, Xiping ^b   Langman, Craig ^a   Wang, Xiaobin ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Bone mineral content; Coheritability; Hip geometry; Percent fat mass

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BONE MASS; BONE MINERAL; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HERITABILITY; HIP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; RURAL AREA;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HIP; HUMANS; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954727537     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.40     Document Type: Article

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