Menopausal Hormone Therapy Is Associated With Reduced Total and Visceral Adiposity: The OsteoLaus Cohort
Author(s) -
Georgios Papadakis,
Didier Hans,
Elena González Rodríguez,
Péter Vollenweider,
Gérard Waeber,
Pedro MarquesVidal,
Olivier Lamy
Publication year - 2018
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.2017-02449
Subject(s) - medicine , confounding , lean body mass , body mass index , cohort , sarcopenia , menopause , dual energy x ray absorptiometry , cohort study , endocrinology , adipose tissue , sarcopenic obesity , body weight , osteoporosis , bone mineral
After menopause, fat mass (FM) and visceral adipose tissue (VAT) increase and nonbone lean body mass (LBM) decreases. Whether menopausal hormone therapy (MHT) reverses these changes remains controversial.
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