Open AccessRelationship of Obesity with Osteoporosis
Author(s) -
Lan-Juan Zhao,
YongJun Liu,
Peng-Yuan Liu,
James A. Hamilton,
Robert R. Recker,
HongWen Deng
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206
H-Index - 353
eISSN - 1945-7197
pISSN - 0021-972X
DOI - 10.1210/jc.2006-0572
Subject(s) - osteoporosis , obesity , context (archaeology) , bone mass , medicine , epidemiology , fat mass , biology , paleontology
The relationship between obesity and osteoporosis has been widely studied, and epidemiological evidence shows that obesity is correlated with increased bone mass. Previous analyses, however, did not control for the mechanical loading effects of total body weight on bone mass and may have generated a confounded or even biased relationship between obesity and osteoporosis.
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