Body size and pubertal development explain ethnic differences in structural geometry at the femur in Asian, Hispanic, and white early adolescent girls living in the U.S.

Bone

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 888-895

  Osborne, D L ^a   Weaver, C M ^b   McCabe, L D ^b   McCabe, G P ^c   Novotny, R ^d   Van Loan, M D ^e   Going, S ^f   Matkovic, V ^g   Boushey, C J ^b,h   Savaiano, D A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^e AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^g OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone; Ethnicity; Fat mass; Lean mass; Menarche; Race

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY SIZE; BONE STRUCTURE; CALCIUM INTAKE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PUBERTY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY SIZE; CHILD; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; PUBERTY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867071748     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2012.08.125     Document Type: Article

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