Open AccessAssociation of pro-inflammatory cytokines with QCT-measured bone mineral density and its gender difference in a Chinese population — a pilot study
Author(s) -
Jing Zeng,
Kai Li,
Yanping Gong,
Liangzhi Xu,
Chunlin Li,
Ling Wang,
Yong Zhang,
Xiaoguang Cheng
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
endokrynologia polska
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.413
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 2299-8306
pISSN - 0423-104X
DOI - 10.5603/ep.a2019.0014
Subject(s) - medicine , osteoporosis , bone mineral , confounding , analysis of variance , logistic regression , population , statistical significance , densitometry , environmental health
The primary objective of this study was to explore the association of pro-inflammatory cytokines with quantitative computed tomography (QCT)-measured bone mineral density (BMD) and its sexual difference in a Chinese population.