Lower cortical porosity and higher tissue mineral density in Chinese American versus white women

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 551-561

  Boutroy, Stephanie ^a   Walker, Marcella D ^a   Liu, X Sherry ^a,b   McMahon, Donald J ^a   Liu, George ^c   Guo, X Edward ^d   Bilezikian, John P ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c NEW YORK DOWNTOWN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

age related differences; Chinese; cortical porosity; HR PQCT; microarchitecture; race; tissue mineral density; white

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCES; CHINESE; CORTICAL POROSITY; HR-PQCT; MICROARCHITECTURE; RACE; TISSUE MINERAL DENSITY; WHITE;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BONE DENSITY; CHINA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84894453656     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: 15234681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.2057     Document Type: Article

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