Associations between ethnicity, body composition, and bone mineral density in a southeast Asian population

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 98, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 4516-4523

  Yang, P L S ^a   Lu, Y ^c   Khoo, C M ^a   Leow, M K S ^d,e   Khoo, E Y H ^a   Teo, A ^f   Lee, Y S ^b,e   Das De, S ^b   Chong, Y S ^b   Gluckman, P D ^e   Tai, E S ^a   Venkataraman, Kavita ^b,g   Ng, C M A ^h,i  

^a Dept Medicine Endocrinol Diabet   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^e AGENCY FOR SCIENCE   (Singapore)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^g NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

^h MOUNT ELIZABETH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Singapore)

ⁱ DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITY; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FEMUR NECK; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LUMBAR SPINE; MALAY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS; SOUTHEAST ASIAN; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VOLUNTEER;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADULT; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; BONE DENSITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMUR NECK; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALAYSIA; MALE; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887431828     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2013-2454     Document Type: Article

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