Vertebral bone marrow fat associated with lower trabecular BMD and prevalent vertebral fracture in older adults

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2294-2300

  Schwartz, Ann V ^a   Sigurdsson, Sigurdur ^b   Hue, Trisha F ^a   Lang, Thomas F ^a   Harris, Tamara B ^c   Rosen, Clifford J ^d   Vittinghoff, Eric ^a   Siggeirsdottir, Kristin ^a   Sigurdsson, Gunnar ^e,f   Oskarsdottir, Diana ^b   Shet, Keerthi ^b   Palermo, Lisa ^a   Gudnason, Vilmundur ^b,e   Li, Xiaojuan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ICELANDIC HEART ASSOCIATION   (Iceland)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^d Maine Medical Center Research Institute   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^f LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MARROW CELL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TRABECULAR BONE; VERTEBRAL BONE MARROW FAT;

EID: 84878489463     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2012-3949     Document Type: Article

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