Relationship between chronological and bone ages and pubertal stage of breasts with bone biomarkers and bone mineral density in adolescents

Objective: To study bone mineral density (BMD) in adolescent females according to five groups of chronological age (CA), bone age (BA), and breast development stage (B), and to correlate these parameters with plasma bone biomarkers (BB). Methods: This was a cross‐sectional study performed in 101 hea...

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Main Authors: Cristina Maria Teixeira Fortes, Tamara Beres Lederer Goldberg, Cilmery Suemi Kurokawa, Carla Cristiani Silva, Maria Regina Moretto, Talita Poli Biason, Altamir Santos Teixeira, Hélio Rubens de Carvalho Nunes
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Elsevier 2014-11-01
Series:Jornal de Pediatria (Versão em Português)
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2255553614001244