Abdominal Fat Is Associated With Lower Bone Formation and Inferior Bone Quality in Healthy Premenopausal Women: A Transiliac Bone Biopsy Study

Adi Cohen, David W. Dempster, Robert R. Recker, Joan M. Lappe, Hua Zhou, Alexander Zwahlen, Ralph Müller, Binsheng Zhao, Xiaotao Guo, Thomas Lang,

The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism · 2013 · 205 citations · 62 references

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Abstract

At the tissue level, premenopausal women with more central adiposity had inferior bone quality and stiffness and markedly lower bone formation. Given the rising levels of obesity, these observations require further investigation.

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