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Serum Adiponectin in Elderly Men Does Not Correlate with Fracture Risk
Author(s) -
Karl Michaëlsson,
Lars Lind,
Jan Frystyk,
Allan Flyvbjerg,
Rolf Gedeborg,
Christian Berne,
Björn Zethelius,
Hans Mallmin,
Stefan Söderberg,
Håkan Melhus
Publication year - 2008
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.2008-0617
Subject(s) - adiponectin , medicine , bone mineral , prospective cohort study , hazard ratio , proportional hazards model , endocrinology , cohort study , cohort , osteoporosis , confidence interval , obesity , insulin resistance
Recent evidence suggests that adiponectin may play a role in bone metabolism, but studies of the correlation between serum adiponectin and bone mineral density (BMD) have given conflicting results, and the impact on fracture risk is unknown.

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