A comparison of bone quality at the distal radius between Asian and white adolescents and young adults: An HR-pQCT study

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2035-2042

  Kim, Sojung ^a,b   Macdonald, Heather M ^a,b,c   Nettlefold, Lindsay ^b   McKay, Heather A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

BONE MICROSTRUCTURE; BONE STRENGTH; ETHNICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HR PQCT

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BONE CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; BONE DENSITY; BONE QUALITY; BONE STRENGTH; BONE STRUCTURE; CALCIUM INTAKE; CAUCASIAN; CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; CORTICAL BONE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAT MASS; FEMALE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HIGH RESOLUTION PERIPHERAL QUANTITATIVE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POROSITY; TRABECULAR BONE; ULNA; WRIST FRACTURE;

BONE MICROSTRUCTURE; BONE STRENGTH; ETHNICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HR-PQCT;

ADOLESCENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; RADIUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882617502     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: 15234681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.1939     Document Type: Article

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