Follicle-stimulating hormone and bioavailable estradiol are less important than weight and race in determining bone density in younger postmenopausal women

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2699-2708

  Gourlay, M L ^a,c   Preisser, J S ^b   Hammett Stabler, C A ^a   Renner, J B ^a   Rubin, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone densitometry; Bone QCT; Hormones and receptors; Menopause; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITOMETRY; BONE DENSITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HIP; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; NORMAL HUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RADIUS; RISK FACTOR;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HIP; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; RADIUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80755172282     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: 14332965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-010-1505-x     Document Type: Article

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