Sex-specific associations between soft tissue body composition and bone mineral density among older adults

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 206-213

  Kirchengast, Sylvia ^a   Huber, Johannes ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIV KLIN FÜR FRAUENHEILKUNDE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ageing; Body composition; Bone mineral density; Sarcopenia; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE CLASS; AGING; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BONE; ELDERLY POPULATION; FAT; MINERAL; PHYSIOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AUSTRIA; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREVALENCE; SARCOPENIA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84861383833     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03014460.2012.676067     Document Type: Article

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