Excess body fat is associated with higher risk of vertebral deformities in older women but not in men: A cross-sectional study

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 67-74

  Laslett, L L ^a   Foley, S J Just Nee ^a   Quinn, S J ^b   Winzenberg, T M ^a   Jones, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Obesity; Osteoporosis epidemiology; Risk factors; Vertebral deformity; Vertebral fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERTEBRA; VERTEBRA MALFORMATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; BONE DENSITY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPINAL CURVATURES; TASMANIA; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 84857363019     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: 14332965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-011-1741-8     Document Type: Article

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