Influence of body composition on the bone mass of postmenopausal women
AIMS:To investigate the influence of body weight (BW), fat mass (FM) and lean mass (LM) on the bone mineral density (BMD) of several areas of the skeleton. PARTICIPANTS: Sixty one white postmenopausal women (50.1±4.8 years). MEASUREMENTS: Measurement of BMD by dual energy x-ray absorptiometry. The r...
Main Authors: | Marília Martins Silveira Marone, Cecília Helena de Azevedo Gouveia, Shlomo Lewin, Salim Wehba, Luiz Fernando Malvestiti, Antonio C. Bianco |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Associação Paulista de Medicina
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Series: | São Paulo Medical Journal |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31801997000600005&lng=en&tlng=en |
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