Is age or the body mass index (BMI) more determinant of the bone mineral density (BMD) in geriatric women and men?

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 338-341

  Doĝan, Asuman ^a   Nakipoĝlu Yüzer, Güldal F ^a   Yildizgören, Mustafa Turgut ^a   Özgirgin, Neşe ^a  

^a ANKARA PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION EDUCATION AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Bone mineral density; Geriatric patients

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNDERWEIGHT;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 77957360786     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2010.01.015     Document Type: Article

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