Abdominal Fat Is Associated With Lower Bone Formation and Inferior Bone Quality in Healthy Premenopausal Women: A Transiliac Bone Biopsy Study
Author(s) -
Adi Cohen,
David W. Dempster,
Robert R. Recker,
Joan M. Lappe,
Hua Zhou,
Alexander Zwahlen,
Ralph Müller,
Binsheng Zhao,
Xiaotao Guo,
Thomas Lang,
Isra Saeed,
X. Sherry Liu,
Xia Guo,
Serge Cremers,
Clifford J. Rosen,
Emily M. Stein,
Thomas L. Nickolas,
Donald J. McMahon,
Polly Young,
Elizabeth Shane
Publication year - 2013
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.2013-1047
Subject(s) - medicine , trunk , intra abdominal fat , bone resorption , bone remodeling , bone density , dual energy x ray absorptiometry , osteoporosis , cortical bone , bone mineral , endocrinology , obesity , anatomy , visceral fat , biology , insulin resistance , ecology
The conventional view that obesity is beneficial for bone strength has recently been challenged by studies that link obesity, particularly visceral obesity, to low bone mass and fractures. It is controversial whether effects of obesity on bone are mediated by increased bone resorption or decreased bone formation.
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