The association between abdominal obesity and femoral neck bone mineral density in older adults

Abstract Background The relationship between obesity and osteoporosis is complex, with contradictory findings reported. Our aim was to evaluate the association between waist circumference (WC), as an easy-to-determine clinical index of abdominal obesity, and femoral neck bone mineral density (BMD) a...

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Main Authors: Jun Chen, Liming Zhu, Xiaocong Yao, Zhongxin Zhu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-03-01
Series:Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13018-023-03654-3