Birth weight and adult bone metabolism are unrelated: Results from birth weight-discordant monozygotic twins

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2561-2569

  Frost, Morten ^a,b   Petersen, Inge ^a   Andersen, Thomas L ^c   Langdahl, Bente L ^d   Buhl, Thora ^e   Christiansen, Lene ^a   Brixen, Kim ^b   Christensen, Kaare ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c LILLEBAELT HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; growth and development; metabolic bone disease; monozygotic twins

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; CALCIFEDIOL; PYRIDINOLINE;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE METABOLISM; BONE TURNOVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; FOREARM FRACTURE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; OSTEOPOROSIS; TWIN DISCORDANCE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; METABOLIC BONE DISEASE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIRTH WEIGHT; BONE AND BONES; BONE REMODELING; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; VITAMIN D;

EID: 84888017734     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: 15234681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.1995     Document Type: Article

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