Higher serum free testosterone concentration in older women is associated with greater bone mineral density, lean body mass, and total fat mass: The cardiovascular health study

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 989-996

  Rariy, Chevon M ^a   Ratcliffe, Sarah J ^a   Weinstein, Rachel ^a   Bhasin, Shalender ^b   Blackman, Marc R ^c   Cauley, Jane A ^d   Robbins, John ^e   Zmuda, Joseph M ^d   Harris, Tamara B ^f   Cappola, Anne R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; BONE DENSITY; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMANS; ORGAN SIZE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; TESTOSTERONE; THINNESS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 79953852887     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2010-0926     Document Type: Article

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