Hip Fracture Prevalence in Grandfathers Is Associated with Reduced Cortical Cross-Sectional Bone Area in Their Young Adult Grandsons | Zendy

Robert Rudäng | Zendy; Claes Ohlsson | Zendy; Anders Odén | Zendy; Helena Johansson | Zendy; Dan Mellström | Zendy; Mattias Lorentzon | Zendy

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Hip Fracture Prevalence in Grandfathers Is Associated with Reduced Cortical Cross-Sectional Bone Area in Their Young Adult Grandsons

Author(s) -

Robert Rudäng,

Claes Ohlsson,

Anders Odén,

Helena Johansson,

Dan Mellström,

Mattias Lorentzon

Publication year - 2010

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.2009-1098

Subject(s) - medicine , grandparent , hip fracture , context (archaeology) , osteoporosis , bone mineral , population , dentistry , psychology , environmental health , developmental psychology , biology , paleontology

Parent hip fracture prevalence is a known risk factor for osteoporosis. The role of hip fracture prevalence in grandparents on areal bone mineral density (aBMD) and bone size in their grandsons remains unknown.

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