DXA surrogates for visceral fat are inversely associated with bone density measures in adolescent athletes with menstrual dysfunction

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 24, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 497-504

  Ackerman, Kathryn E ^a   Davis, Brittany ^a   Jacoby, Leah ^a   Misra, Madhusmita ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

athletes; body composition; bone density; fat mass; lean mass; regional fat; trunk fat

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; RUNNING; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AMENORRHEA; ATHLETES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FEMALE ATHLETE TRIAD SYNDROME; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; RUNNING; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

EID: 80051987680     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: 21910251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPEM.2011.208     Document Type: Article

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