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Height Adjustment in Assessing Dual Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry Measurements of Bone Mass and Density in Children

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2010

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Babette S. Zemel, Mary B. Leonard, Andrea Kelly, Joan M. Lappe, Vicente Gilsanz, Sharon E. Oberfield, Soroosh Mahboubi, John Shepherd, Thomas N. Hangartner, Margaret Frederick,
The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism

Abstract

Most methods to adjust BMC/BMD Z-scores for height were biased by age and/or HAZ. Adjustments using HAZ were least biased relative to HAZ and age and can be used to evaluate the effect of short or tall stature on BMC/BMD Z-scores.

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